Does Preoperative Hemoglobin Independently Predict Short-Term Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1415-1423

  Bell, Melanie L ^a   Grunwald, Gary K ^b,c   Baltz, Janet H ^b   McDonald, Gerald O ^d   Bell, Missy R ^b   Grover, Frederick L ^b,c   Shroyer, A Laurie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medicine   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53849143967     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.088     Document Type: Article

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