Albumin Is A Better Predictor of Outcomes Than Body Mass Index Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

OBJECTIVE: Body Mass Index (BMI) influences risk in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients, while albumin, is not collected by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. We postulate that preoperative albumin is a better predictor of mortality than BMI following CABG. METHODS: BMI from pati...

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Main Authors:	Bhamidipati, Castigliano M, LaPar, Damien J, Mehta, Gaurav S, Kern, John A, Upchurch, Gilbert R, Kron, Irving L, Ailawadi, Gorav
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204902/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22000173 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.056
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Albumin Is A Better Predictor of Outcomes Than Body Mass Index Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

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