Do higher-risk patients benefit from off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting? Evidence from an ecologic analysis of randomized trials

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kuss, Oliver ^a   Börgermann, Jochen ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY DISEASE; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051798468     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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