Long-term survival and quality of life justify cardiac surgery in the very elderly patient

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 851-857

  Ghanta, Ravi K ^a   Shekar, Prem S ^a   McGurk, Siobhan ^a   Rosborough, Donna M ^a   Aranki, Sary F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052804295     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.083     Document Type: Article

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