Outcomes in nonagenerians after open heart operation [3] (multiple letters)

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 754-755

  Legare, Jan Francois ^a   Gummert, Jan F ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a   Edwards, Maria Benedicta ^b   Taylor, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXPECTATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3242766237     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.028     Document Type: Letter

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