Risk assessment in coronary artery surgery

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Pepper, John R ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0037223446     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.1.1     Document Type: Review

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