Outmigration for coronary bypass surgery in an era of public dissemination of clinical outcomes

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Omoigui, Nowamagbe A ^a   Miller, Dave P ^b   Brown, Kimberly J ^b   Annan, Kingsley ^b   Cosgrove III, Delos ^b   Lytle, Bruce ^b   Loop, Floyd ^b   Topol, Eric J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Desk F25 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bypass; coronary disease; mortality; revascularization; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030027348     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.1.27     Document Type: Article

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