Coronary bypass surgery in patients aged 70 years and over: Mortality, morbidity, length of stay and hospital cost

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-223

  Ng, Chye Yew ^b,c   Ramli, Mohd Faizal ^a   Awang, Yahya ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 4844229528     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230401200308     Document Type: Article

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