Arterial grafting results in reduced operative mortality and enhanced long-term quality of life in octogenarians

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 418-427

  Kurlansky, Paul A ^a,b   Williams, Donald B ^a   Traad, Ernest A ^a   Carrillo, Roger G ^a   Schor, John S ^a   Zucker, Melinda ^a   Singer, Sam ^a   Ebra, George ^a   Jones, James W ^c   Grover, Frederick L ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Florida Heart Research Institute   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043160324     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00551-4     Document Type: Article

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