Gender differences in the surgical management and early clinical outcome of coronary artery disease: Single centre experience

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Ahmad, Munir ^a   Arifi, Ahmed A ^a   Onselen, Rawdené van ^a   Alkodami, Ahmed A ^a   Zaibag, Muayed ^a   Khaldi, Abdul Aziz A ^a   Najm, Hani K ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary artery bypass surgery in females; Gender bias; Gender disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955175440     PISSN: 10167315     EISSN: 22125043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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