Progressively increasing operative risk among patients referred for coronary artery bypass surgery

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-140

  Horan, Paul G ^a,b   Leonard, Niall ^a   Herity, Niall A ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744807469     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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