Cardiac operations in patients 80 years old and older

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 606-615

  Akins, Cary W ^a   Daggett, Willard M ^a   Vlahakes, Gus J ^a   Hilgenberg, Alan D ^a   Torchiana, David F ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a   Buckley, Mortimer J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSTON; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030819420     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00615-2     Document Type: Article

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