Cardiac complications during waiting for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery: incidence, temporal distribution and predictive factors
Author(s) -
Fernando Henpin Yue Cesena
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.11.004
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , unstable angina , angina , sudden cardiac death , coronary artery bypass surgery , heart failure , univariate analysis , sudden death , cardiac surgery , artery , incidence (geometry) , surgery , multivariate analysis , physics , optics
Since waiting lists for coronary artery bypass graft surgery are common and carry a risk of severe events, the purposes of this study were: (1) to analyse the incidence and temporal distribution of cardiac complications during waiting for elective coronary artery bypass grafting; (2) to identify predictive factors of such complications.
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