Re-do cardiac surgery in patients over 70 years old

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-46

  Awad, Wael I ^a   De Souza, Anthony C ^a   Magee, Patrick G ^a   Walesby, Robin K ^a   Wright, John E ^a   Uppal, Rakesh ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Elderly; Re operations

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030762138     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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