Emergency and Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Comparisons of Risk Profiles, Postoperative Outcomes, and Resource Requirements

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 594-597

  Kurki, Tuula S ^a   Kataja, Matti ^b   Reich, David L ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Emergency operations; Hospital costs; Length of stay; Perioperative risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CABDEAL SCORING SYSTEM; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0142031115     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00202-7     Document Type: Article

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