Publications by authors named "Sinikka Irmeli Kukkonen"
Risk evaluation of cardiac surgery in octogenarians.
Raili Tuulikki Suojaranta-Ylinen Anne Hellevi Kuitunen Sinikka Irmeli Kukkonen Antti Erland Vento Ulla-Stina Salminen
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
August 2006
Objective: To assess the predictive value of risk factors in the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) for cardiac surgery on octogenarians.
Design: An observational study of octogenarians undergoing cardiac surgery and average-aged controls matched according to the cardiac surgical procedure.
Setting: A university hospital.