Cardiac surgery for octogenarians: Is it an informed decision?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-353

  Rady, Mohamed Y ^a,b   Johnson, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic Scottsdale ^*

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0842325871     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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