Effects of body size on operative, intermediate, and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 521-530

  Schwann, Thomas A ^a   Habib, Robert H ^a,b   Zacharias, Anoar ^a   Parenteau, Gary L ^a   Riordan, Christopher J ^a   Durham, Samuel J ^a   Engoren, Milo ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035117197     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02038-5     Document Type: Article

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