Obesity and the risk of early and late mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 555-560

  Kim, Joseph ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^b,c   Jakobsson, Kristina ^b   Luepker, Russell V ^a   McGovern, Paul G ^a   Ivert, Torbjörn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0042833220     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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