Alabama coronary artery bypass grafting cooperative project: Baseline data

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1592-1598

  Holman, William L ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Athanasuleas, Constantine L ^a   Allman, Richard M ^a,b   Sansom, Monique ^a   Kiefe, Caterina ^a   Sherrill, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ASPIRIN; BENCHMARKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0032711758     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01000-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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