Accelerated recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with poor left ventricular function: Preliminary report

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 942-946

  Serna, Dan L ^a   Chen, John C ^a   Milliken, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031716143     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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