Is left main coronary artery stenosis a risk factor for early mortality in coronary artery surgery?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Göl, M Kamil ^a   Özsöyler, Ibrahim ^a   Şener, Erol ^a   Göksel, Sabahattin ^a   Saritaş, Ahmet ^a   Taşdemír, Oǧuz ^a   Bayazit, Kemal ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVASCULARIZATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0034426508     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2000.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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