Impact of Obesity on Early Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery: Experience in a Saudi Arabian Cent

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 369-375

  Baslaim, Ghassan ^a   Bashore, Jill ^a   Alhoroub, Khaled ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Obesity; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449089774     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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