Perioperative β-blocker withdrawal and mortality in vascular surgical patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 148-153

  Shammash, Jonathan B ^a   Trost, Jeffrey C ^f   Gold, Julie M ^b   Berlin, Jesse A ^c   Golden, Michael A ^d   Kimmel, Stephen E ^c,e  

^a Weill Cornell Medical College   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^d Division of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^e Cardiovascular Pulmonary Division   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0035161306     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.111547     Document Type: Article

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