Preoperative C-reactive protein is predictive of long-term outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 983-985

  Kangasniemi, Olli Pekka ^a   Biancari, Fausto ^a   Luukkonen, Johannes ^a   Vuorisalo, Sailaritta ^a   Satta, Jari ^a   Pokela, Risto ^a   Juvonen, Tatu ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747369631     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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