Discharge to Home Rates Are Significantly Lower for Octogenarians Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Bardakci, Hasmet ^a   Cheema, Faisal H ^a   Topkara, Veli K ^a   Dang, Nicholas C ^a   Martens, Timothy P ^a   Mercando, Michelle L ^a   Forster, Catherine S ^a   Benson, Ariel A ^b   George, Isaac ^a   Russo, Mark J ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Esrig, Barry C ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846344262     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.047     Document Type: Article

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