title: Editorial comment on the article Aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis in octogenarians: patient outcomes and comparison of operative risk scores.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: pcanassilva@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pedro Canas
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome