Shared care for open heart surgery: 21 years' experience

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-64

  FitzGibbon, Gerald M ^a,b   Keon, Wilbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b National Defence Medical Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary bypass grafting; Cost reduction; Open heart surgery; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030056282     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Higginson AJ, Cairns JA, Smith ER. Rates of cardiac catheterization, coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery in Canada (1991). Can J Cardiol 1994;10:728-32.
2. Carrol RJ, Horn SD, Soderfeldt B, James BC, Malmberg L. International comparison of waiting times for selected cardiovascular procedures. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;25:557-63.
3. Hamilton HA, Norris C, Wensel R, Koshal A. Cost reduction in cardiac surgery. Can J Cardiol 1994;10:721-7.
4. Gray C. Canada's main military hospital on sick list because of federal budget cuts. Can Med Assoc J 1994;150:1655-6.
5. FitzGibbon GM, Hooper GD. Surgical treatment of impending myocardial infarction: report of two cases. Can Med Assoc J 1972;106:323-6.
6. FitzGibbon GM, Hooper GD, Heggtveit HA. Successful surgical treatment of post-infarction external cardiac rupture. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1972;63:622-30.
7. Mark DB, Lam LC, Lee KL, et al. Effects of coronary angioplasty, coronary bypass surgery, and medical therapy on employment in patients with coronary artery disease. Ann Intern Med 1994;120:111-7.
8. Gundle MJ, Reeves BR Jr, Tate S, et al. Psychosocial outcome after coronary artery surgery. Am J Psychiatry 1980;137:1591-4.
9. FitzGibbon GM, Burton JR, Leach AJ. Coronary bypass graft fate. Angiographic grading of 1400 consecutive grafts early after operation and of 1132 after one year. Circulation 1978;57:1070-4.
10. FitzGibbon GM, Keen WJ, Burton JR. Aorta-coronary bypass in patients with coronary artery disease who do not have angina. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1984;87:717-24.
11. FitzGibbon GM, Leach AJ, Keon WJ, et al. Coronary bypass graft fate: angiographic study of 1,179 vein grafts early, one year, and five years after operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1986;91:773-8.
12. FitzGibbon GM, Hamilton MG, Leach AJ, et al. Coronary artery disease and coronary bypass grafting in young men: experience with 138 subjects 39 years of age and younger. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987;9:977-88.
13. FitzGibbon GM, Leach AJ, Kafka HP, et al. Coronary bypass graft fate: long-term angiographic study. J Am Coll Cardiol 1991;17:1075-80.
14. FitzGibbon GM. Photographic maps for coronary artery operations: how to make them easily. Can J Surg 1975;18:561-3.