Should volume standards for cardiovascular surgery focus only on high-risk patients?

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 384-387

  Goodney, Philip P ^a,b   Lucas, F L ^c   Birkmeyer, John D ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037469210     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000051721.60127.EA     Document Type: Article

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