Correlations in uncertainty analysis for medical decision making: An application to heart-valve replacement

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 276-286

  Chessa, Antonio G ^a   Dekker, Rommert ^b   Van Vliet, Bas ^b   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^b   Habbema, J Dik F ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Decision analysis; Markov chain; Monte Carlo simulation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032989166     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900306     Document Type: Article

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