Long-Term Survival of the Very Elderly Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1233-1237

  Likosky, Donald S ^a   Dacey, Lawrence J ^b   Baribeau, Yvon R ^c   Leavitt, Bruce J ^d   Clough, Robert ^e   Cochran, Richard P ^f   Quinn, Reed ^g   Sisto, Donato A ^h   Charlesworth, David C ^c   Malenka, David J ^b,h   MacKenzie, Todd A ⁱ   Olmstead, Elaine M ⁱ   Ross, Cathy S ⁱ   O'Connor, Gerald T ⁱ  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^e EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Portsmouth Regional Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40749089538     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.066     Document Type: Article

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