Excess coronary artery bypass graft mortality among women with hypothyroidism

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2121-2125

  Zindrou, Dlear ^a   Taylor, Kenneth M ^a   Bagger, Jens Peder ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; THYROXINE;

EID: 0036897856     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04082-1     Document Type: Article

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