Evidence or faith? Coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly patients

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 775-776

  Ghali, W A ^a   Graham, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034814004     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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