Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , February 2007

Effect of Obesity on Early Morbidity and Mortality Following Cardiac Surgery

  • Cheng-Hon Yap, MBBS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Vic. 3065, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 9288 2211; fax: +613 9288 4616.
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  • Adam Zimmet, BMBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Vic. 3065, Australia
    • ,
  • Morteza Mohajeri, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Vic. 3220, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Yii, MS, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Vic. 3065, Australia
    • Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia

Received 26 April 2006 ,Accepted 20 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.09.007

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