Adverse 5-year outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery in blacks

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 769-773

  Gray, Richard J ^a   Nessim, Sharon ^b   Khan, Steven S ^b   Denton, Timothy ^b   Matloff, Jack M ^b  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029870604     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.7.769     Document Type: Article

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