Predictors of mortality in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1255-1260

  Hartz, Renee S ^a,b   Byrne, John G ^a   Levitsky, Sidney ^a   Park, John ^a   Rich, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030297052     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00460-2     Document Type: Article

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