The effect of race and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Efird, Jimmy T ^a   O'Neal, Wesley T ^b   Anderson, Curtis A ^a   O'Neal, Jason B ^c   Kindell, Linda C ^a   Ferguson, T Bruce ^a   Chitwood, W Randolph ^a   Kypson, Alan P ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; COPD; Long term; Race; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879686770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00004     Document Type: Article

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