The preoperative intraaortic balloon pump in coronary bypass surgery: A lack of evidence of effectiveness

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1122-1127

  Baskett, Roger J F ^a,j   O'Connor, Gerald T ^b   Hirsch, Gregory M ^a   Ghali, William A ^c   Sabadosa, Kathryn A ^b   Morton, Jeremy R ^b,d   Ross, Cathy S ^b   Hernandez, Felix ^e   Nugent, William C ^f   Lahey, Stephen J ^g   Sisto, Donato ^h   Dacey, Lawrence J ^f   Klemperer, John D ^e   Helm, Robert E ^h   Maitland, Andrew ⁱ  

^a Maritime Heart Centre   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Portsmouth Regional Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844440511     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.043     Document Type: Article

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