Preoperative clinical status but not waiting time predicts in-hospital outcomes of surgery in patients with left main coronary artery stenosis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Sari, Ibrahim ^a   Acar, Zubeyir ^b   Nurkalem, Zekeriya ^b   Uslu, Nevzat ^b   Davutoglu, Vedat ^a   Ates, Mehmet ^b   Ozer, Orhan ^b   Eren, Mehmet ^b   Aksoy, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left main coronary artery stenosis; Surgery; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 35248815618     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.213.173     Document Type: Article

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