Resource utilization for minimally invasive direct and standard coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Zenati, Marco ^a,b   Domit, Teresa M ^a   Saul, Melissa ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^a   Katz, William E ^a   Hudson, Mark ^a   Courcoulas, Anita P ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0030837571     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00324-X     Document Type: Article

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