Gender and functional outcome after coronary artery bypass

Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-190

  Stewart, Robert D ^a   Blair, Jennifer L ^a   Emond, Christopher E ^a   Lahey, Stephen J ^a   Levitsky, Sidney ^a   Campos, Christian T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032853419     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70153-4     Document Type: Article

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