Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Ontario and New York State: Which rate is right?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Tu, Jack V ^a   Naylor, C David ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^b   Debuono, Barbara A ^c   McNeil, Barbara J ^d   Hannan, Edward L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031027031     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-1-199701010-00002     Document Type: Article

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