Isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in obese individuals - A propensity matched analysis of outcomes -

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1378-1385

  Alam, Mahboob ^a   Siddiqui, Sahar ^a,b   Lee, Vei Vei ^a   Elayda, Mcarthur A ^a   Nambi, Vijay ^a   Yang, Eric Y ^a   Jneid, Hani M ^a   Wilson, James M ^a   Ballantyne, Christie M ^a   Virani, Salim S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Morbidity; Mortality; Obesity; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957723154     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1129     Document Type: Article

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