Benchmarking the vital risk of waiting for coronary artery bypass surgery in Ontario

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 775-779

  Naylor, C David ^a,b,c   Szalai, John Paul ^b,c,d   Katic, Marko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034696543     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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