Is it gender, methodology, or something else?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 932-935

  Koch, Colleen Gorman ^a   Mangano, Christina Mora ^b   Schwann, Nanette ^c   Vaccarino, Viola ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0142213870     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01304-7     Document Type: Editorial

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