Significant Improvement in Short-Term Mortality in Women Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (1991 to 2004)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1552-1558

  Humphries, Karin H ^a,b,c   Gao, Min ^c   Pu, Aihua ^b   Lichtenstein, Samuel ^a   Thompson, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047144837     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.068     Document Type: Article

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