Bloodless cardiac surgery is associated with decreased morbidity and mortality

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 373-378

  Whitson, Bryan A ^a   Huddleston, Stephen J ^a   Savik, Kay ^b   Shumway, Sara J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC SURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548439077     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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