Female Gender and Differences in Outcome after Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Does Age Play a Role?

Female gender is a known risk factor for early and late mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Higher age of women at operation may influence outcome, since age per se is also an important risk factor. The purpose of our study was to analyze possible gender differences in outco...

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Main Authors: Rawa Arif, Mina Farag, Victor Gertner, Gabor Szabó, Alexander Weymann, Gabor Veres, Arjang Ruhparwar, Raffi Bekeredjian, Tom Bruckner, Matthias Karck, Klaus Kallenbach, Carsten J Beller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4741386?pdf=render