Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in the Very Old: Light at the End of a Tunnel or a Dead-End Road?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-783

  Cvachovec, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36549041393     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2007.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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