Same day discharge following multivessel off-pump coronary artery bypass via sternotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 345-346

  Bolton, J W Randolph ^a  

^a Carolina Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; EPTIFIBATIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOGENICITY;

AGED; ANALGESICS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STERNUM;

EID: 11144275927     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Data analyses of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. Available at: http//www.ctsnet.org/files/STSNationaldatabaseFall2002ExecutiveSummary.pdf. Accessed July 3, 2003
2. Puskas J.D., Thourani V.H., Marshall J.J., et al. Clinical outcomes, angiographic patency, and resource utilization in 200 consecutive off-pump coronary artery bypass patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 71:2001;1477-1484
3. Baisden C.E., Bolton J.W.R., Riggs M.W. Readmission and mortality in patients discharged the day after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 75:2003;68-73