Coronary artery bypass graft outcome: The Trinidad and Tobago experience

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 290-293

  Thomas, C N ^a   Brann, S H ^a   Douglas, A R ^a   Thomas, J M ^a   Daniel, S C ^a   Posthoff, C ^a   Rampersad, K A ^a   Angelini, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0034568886     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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