Obesity and coronary artery surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-284

  Ranucci, Marco ^a,b   Cazzaniga, Anna ^a   Soro, Giorgio ^a   Morricone, Lelio ^a   Enrini, Riccardo ^a   Caviezel, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Obesity; Postoperative complications; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0033019809     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(99)90264-1     Document Type: Article

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