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Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Cardiac Surgery Outcome

DOI

120

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0

References

2003

Year

Jan Bucerius, Jan Gummert, T Walther, N. Doll, Volkmar Falk, J. Onnasch, M.J. Barten, F. W. Mohr
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a significant independent predictor for several postoperative outcome variables after cardiac surgery associated with higher postoperative morbidity and prolonged hospital stay.