Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, and the Cardiac Surgery Patient: Introduction

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-280

  Furnary, Anthony P ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA;

EID: 34047092794     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2006.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

1. Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database, Executive Summary, Fall 2005.http://www.sts.org/documents/pdf/STS-ExecutiveSummaryFall2005.pdf
2. National Diabetes Fact Sheet. General information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States (2005), Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA