Stroke-Related Mortality in Coronary Surgery Is Reduced by the Off-Pump Approach

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Brizzio, Mariano E ^a   Zapolanski, Alex ^a   Shaw, Richard E ^a   Sperling, Jason S ^a   Mindich, Bruce P ^a  

^a Valley Columbia Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449084161     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.076     Document Type: Article

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