About impaired minds and closed hearts

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7375, 2002, Pages 1255-1256

  Taggart, David ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0037202678     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7375.1255     Document Type: Editorial

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