Is urgent coronary artery bypass grafting a safe option in octogenarians? A developing country perspective

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-445

  Luqman, Zubair ^a   Ansari, Junaid ^a   Siddiqui, Fahad Javaid ^a   Sami, Shahid Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aging; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Elderly; Octogenarian

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249146549     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.204156     Document Type: Article

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