A decade of change - Risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures, 1990-1999: A report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 480-489

  Ferguson, T Bruce ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   DeLong, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Grover, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036164380     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03339-2     Document Type: Article

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