Women have worse long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting than men

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 757-762

  Hassan, Ansar ^a   Chiasson, Meredith ^a   Buth, Karen ^a   Hirsch, Gregory M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Moratality; Surgery; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NOVA SCOTIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744467926     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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