Volume and outcome of coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Are more and less the same?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Kalant, Norman ^a,b   Shrier, Ian ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Perioperative mortality; Regionalization; Volume of surgery

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REOPERATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEBEC; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1442283050     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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