The new cardiac surgery patient: Defying previous expectations

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Aggarwal, Sandeep K ^a,b,c   Fox, Stephanie A ^b   Stitt, Larry ^b   Kiaii, Bob ^b   McKenzie, F Neil ^b   Menkis, Alan H ^b   Quantz, MacKenzie A ^b   Novick, Richard J ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND INFECTION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646567466     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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