Being an elderly woman: is it a risk factor for morbidity after coronary artery bypass surgery?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Basaran, Murat ^a   Selimoglu, Ozer ^a   Ozcan, Hamiyet ^a   Ogus, Halide ^a   Kafali, Eylul ^a   Ozcelebi, Cuneyt ^a   Ogus, Temucin Noyan ^a  

^a Goztepe Safak Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Elderly woman; Octogenarians; Postoperative morbidity; Postoperative mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249901277     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.03.030     Document Type: Article

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