Smoking Is Not a Predictor of Mortality and Morbidity Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 377-384

  Utley, Joe R ^b,c,d   Leyland, Steven A ^a   Fogarty, Charles M ^a   Smith, Wilson P ^a   Knight, E Bert ^a   Feldman, Gregory J ^a   Wilde, Edwin F ^a  

^a Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030440706     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1996.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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