Improved results in the management of surgical candidates with lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1405-1409

  Knott Craig, Christopher J ^a   Howell, C Eric ^a   Parsons, Billy D ^a   Paulsen, Stephen M ^a   Brown, Brent R ^a   Elkins, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0031149537     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00252-X     Document Type: Article

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