Elevated preoperative neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of increased long-term survival in minimal invasive coronary artery bypass surgery compared to sternotomy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Azab, Basem ^a   Shariff, Masood A ^a   Bachir, Rana ^a   Nabagiez, John P ^a   McGinn, Joseph T ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; Inflammatory cells; Minimally invasive surgery; Outcomes; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILS; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884613474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-193     Document Type: Article

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