High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Vascular Surgery: To Operate or Not to Operate?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1398-1399

  Coelho Marques, André ^a   Yu, Pai Ching ^a   Calderaro, Daniela ^a   Gualandro, Danielle Menosi ^a   Caramelli, Bruno ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CLAUDICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34648832300     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.06.032     Document Type: Letter

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