Stroke and the elderly: Aortic atheroma and CNS outcomes after cardiac surgery

Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 397-398+401

  Murkin, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROMA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; HEART SURGERY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; STROKE;

EID: 0034958929     PISSN: 01973118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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