Higher Age Predicts Adverse Outcome and Readmission after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1317-1322

  Järvinen, Otso ^a,c   Huhtala, Heini ^b   Laurikka, Jari ^a   Tarkka, Matti R ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0346120224     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7033-5     Document Type: Article

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