Risk stratification in heart surgery - Do risk scores facilitate the decision for or against surgery?;Risikostratifizierung in der herzchirurgie - Entscheidungshilfe bei der indikationsstellung

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 667-673

  Sudkamp M ^a   Geissler, H J ^a   Holzl P ^a   De Vivie, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Indication for surgery; Lethality; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033829364     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920070194     Document Type: Article

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