Ethnic diversity: South Asian ethnicity is associated with increased coronary artery bypass grafting mortality

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-154

  Brister, Stephanie J ^a   Hamdulay, Zainulabedin ^a   Verma, Subodh ^a   Maganti, Manjula ^a   Buchanan, Michael R ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ASIA, WESTERN; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33845806514     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.068     Document Type: Article

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