Risk stratification for open heart operations: Comparison of centers regardless of the influence of the surgical team

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 410-413

  Pinna Pintor, Plinio ^a   Bobbio, Marco ^a   Sandrelli, Luca ^a   Giammaria, Massimo ^a   Patané, Francesco ^a   Bartolozzi, Silvia ^a   Bergandi, Gianluigi ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a Arturo Pinna Pintor Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030801210     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00534-1     Document Type: Article

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