Coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 309-316

  Selim Isbir, C ^a   Yildirim, Tekin ^b   Akgun, Serdar ^a   Civelek, Ali ^a   Aksoy, Nazan ^b   Oz, Mine ^b   Arsan, Sinan ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDARTERECTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0041883146     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00575-2     Document Type: Article

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