Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Body Mass Index of 50 or Greater

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1403-1411

  Villavicencio, Mauricio A ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   McGregor, Christopher G A ^a   Mullany, Charles J ^a   Orszulak, Thomas A ^a   Puga, Francisco J ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947309462     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.076     Document Type: Article

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