Off-pump surgery decreases postoperative complications and resource utilization in the elderly

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1490-1493

  Boyd, W Douglas ^a   Desai, Nimesh D ^a   Del Rizzo, Dario F ^b   Novick, Richard J ^a   McKenzie, F Neil ^a   Menkis, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032741680     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00951-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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