title: Cataract surgery--a personal account or "one satisfied patient".
abstract: Most cataracts are related to aging. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have experienced cataract surgery. Although this editorial does not have any direct relationship to cardiovascular medicine, it may have some applicability with your patients, many of whom may be older rather than younger, and have cardiovascular disease in addition to visual problems perhaps due to cataracts.
authors: C Richard
authors: CR
authors: Conti
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011300:Preoperative Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity