A national study of postoperative mortality associated with coronary artery bypass grafting in Israel

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1254-1262

  Mozes, Benjamin ^a,b   Olmer, Liraz ^a   Galai, Noya ^a   Simchen, Elisheva ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032191213     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00586-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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