Impact of preoperative intravenous nitroglycerin on in-hospital outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 727-732

  Ali, Imtiaz S ^a,c   Buth, Karen J ^a   Maitland, Andrew ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c New Infirm Site 1796 Summer St H ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGLYCERIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5344220939     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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