Effect of payer status on outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery in blacks

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 19 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Higgins, Robert S D ^a   Paone, Gaetano ^a   Borzak, Steven ^a   Jacobsen, Gordon ^a   Peterson, Edward ^a   Silverman, Norman A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345020470     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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