Cardiac surgery in Australian octogenarians: 1996-2001

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 749-754

  Hewitt, Timothy D ^a   Santa Maria, Peter L ^a   Alvarez, John M ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142044005     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02754.x     Document Type: Review

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