Depicting time-related events after cardiac surgery: Kaplan-Meier or competing risk?

Asia Pacific Heart Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-102

  McGiffen, D C ^a   Naftel, D C ^a   Kirklin, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0031772533     PISSN: 13280163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1328-0163(98)90004-5     Document Type: Article

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