Influence of left ventricular function on survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 437-444

  Ståhle, Elisabeth ^a   Bergström, Reinhold ^a   Edlund, Bo ^a   Frostfeldt, Gunnar ^a   Lagerquist, Bo ^a   Sjögren, Ivar ^a   Hansson, Hans Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0343329764     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00536-5     Document Type: Article

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