Characteristics and outcomes among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting in western Sweden and Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1080-1087

  Vargas, Angela ^a   Doliszny, Kathie ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^b   Karlsson, Thomas ^b   McGovern, Paul ^a   Brandrup Wognsen, Gunnar ^b   Luepker, Russell V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035209759     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.118114     Document Type: Article

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