Preoperative C-reactive protein levels to predict early and late mortalities after coronary artery bypass surgery: Eight years of follow-up

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 954-958

  van Straten, Albert H M ^a   Soliman Hamad, Mohamed A ^a   van Zundert, André J ^a,b   Martens, Elisabeth J ^a,c   Schönberger, Jacques P A M ^a   de Wolf, Andre M ^d  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 70349109519     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.050     Document Type: Article

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