Arterial myocardial revascularization in the 9th decade of life. Own results and literature review;Arterielle myokardrevaskularisation in der neunten lebensdekade. Eigene ergebnisse und literaturubersicht

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Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-170

  Mortasawi, Amir ^a   Ennker, Ina Carolin ^b   Albert, Alexander ^b   Rosendahl, Ulrich ^b   Dalladaku, Fatmir ^b   Alexander, Tejas ^b   Ennker, Jürgen ^b  

^a Herzzentrum Lahr/Baden   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Morbidity; Mortality; Octogenerians; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032904123     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03043855     Document Type: Article

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