Using the EuroSCORE to assess changes in the risk profiles of the patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting before and after the introduction of less invasive coronary surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-135

  Ohata, Toshihiro ^a,b   Kaneko, Mitsunori ^a   Kuratani, Toru ^a   Ueda, Hideki ^a   Shimamura, Kazuo ^a  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR CARDIAC OPERATIVE RISK EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 20544464709     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.031     Document Type: Article

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