"Our complication rates are lower than theirs": Statistical critique of heart valve comparisons

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 290-300

  Grunkemeier, Gary L ^a,b   Wu, YingXing ^a  

^a EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DATA ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037326859     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.53     Document Type: Article

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