U-shape association between hemoglobin A1c and late mortality in patients with heart failure after cardiac surgery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1209-1213

  Engoren, Milo ^a,b   Schwann, Thomas A ^c   Arslanian Engoren, Cynthia ^d   Maile, Michael ^a   Habib, Robert H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875833195     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.12.054     Document Type: Article

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