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Female sex is not a risk factor for post procedural mortality in coronary bypass surgery in the elde...

Female sex is not a risk factor for post procedural mortality in coronary bypass surgery in the elde...

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Female sex is not a risk factor for post procedural mortality in coronary bypass surgery in the elderly: A secondary analysis of the GOPCABE trial

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Female sex is not a risk factor for post procedural mortality in coronary bypass surgery in the elderly: A secondary analysis of the GOPCABE trial

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2017-08, Vol.12 (8), p.e0184038-e0184038

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Female sex is considered a significant risk in cardiac surgery and is included in the majority of scores for risk assessment. However, the evidence is controversial and older women undergoing cardiac surgery have not specifically been investigated. We assessed the influence of female sex on surgical risk (30-day mortality) in a secondary analysis o...

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Female sex is not a risk factor for post procedural mortality in coronary bypass surgery in the elderly: A secondary analysis of the GOPCABE trial

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1934012236

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1934012236

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0184038

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