Actual versus actuarial analysis for cardiac valve complications: The problem of competing risks

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Miller III, Charles C ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a   Winnerkvist, Anders ^a   Baldwin, John C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033038002     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199903000-00001     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. 2 Blackstone E: Actual versus actuarial analyses. Adult Cardiac Surgery Symposium, American Association for Thoracic Surgery [CD ROM disk 1]. Boston, MA, May 3-6, 1998. A good discussion of the differences between cumulative and actuarial incidence estimates. Limited to discussion of populations without missing data.
3. 3 Kaplan EL, Meier P: Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Am Stat Assoc 1958, 53:457-481.