Long term survival and functional status in the elderly after cardiac surgery

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 646-652

  Boucher, Jean Marc ^a   Dupras, Annik ^a   Jutras, Nicole ^a   Pagé, Véronique ^a   LeLorier, Jacques ^a   Gagnon, Roger Marie ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Elderly; Functional status

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030789909     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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