Gender differences in outcomes after hospital discharge from coronary artery bypass grafting

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-516

  Guru, Veena ^a,c   Fremes, Stephen E ^a   Austin, Peter C ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^b   Tu, Jack V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bypass; Epidemiology; Surgery; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644866349     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.576652     Document Type: Article

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