Coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes among African-Americans and Caucasian patients

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 212-216

  Michael Smith, J ^a,c   Soneson, Eric A ^a   Woods, Scott E ^b   Engel, Amy M ^a   Hiratzka, Loren F ^a  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Bethesda Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^c Cardiac Vascular and Thoracic Surgeons Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG surgery; Outcomes; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33751551218     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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