The Significant Negative Impact of In-Hospital Venous Thromboembolism after Cardiovascular Procedures

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-550

  Henke, Peter ^a   Froehlich, James ^a   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert ^a   Wakefield, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AMPUTATION; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMPUTATION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPERFUSION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 34548231665     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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