Cardiac operations in the elderly: Who is at risk?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1670-1673

  Maharajh, Gyaandeo S ^a   Masters, Roy G ^a   Keon, Wilbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032445771     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00892-3     Document Type: Article

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