Institutional report - Coronary adverse influence of female gender on outcomes after coronary bypass surgery: A propensity matched analysis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 408-411

  Kasirajan, Vigneshwar ^a,b   Wolfe, Luke G ^a   Medina, Angel ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass surgery; Gender; Propensity matching

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65349103810     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.189340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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