Comparison of results and risk factors of cardiac surgery in two 3-year time periods in the 1990s

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1400-1404

  Katz, Nevin M ^a   Wolfe Pearce, Jennifer L ^a   Chase, Gary A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032526021     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00211-2     Document Type: Article

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