Sex differences in outcomes following isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Australian patients: Analysis of the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons cardiac surgery database

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-762

  Saxena, Akshat ^a   Dinh, Diem ^b   Smith, Julian A ^b,c   Shardey, Gilbert ^d   Reid, Christopher M ^b   Newcomb, Andrew E ^a,e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Gender; Morbidity; Mortality; Sex; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOG RANK TEST; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84871310470     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr039     Document Type: Article

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