Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in women

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-352

  Fox, Amanda A ^a,b   Nussmeier, Nancy A ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; complications; coronary artery bypass grafting; mortality; women and heart disease

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OPIATE AGONIST; PANCURONIUM; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042559837     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.03.018     Document Type: Review

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