Determinants of mortality after cardiac surgery: Results of the Registry of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitender Kardiologischer Krankenhausarzte (ALKK) on 10,525 patients

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-32

  Vogt, Albrecht ^a   Grube, E ^b   Glunz, H G ^c   Hauptmann, K E ^d   Sechtem, U ^e   Maurer W ^f   Tebbe, U ^g   Heinrich, K W ^h   Engel, H J ⁱ   Kettner, W ^j   Krawietz, W ^k   Neuhaus, K L ^a  

^a KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

^c Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH   (Germany)

^d KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Germany)

^e ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^g KLINIKUM LIPPE DETMOLD   (Germany)

^h Klinik für Kinderkardiologie Angeborene Herzfehler   (Germany)

ⁱ Zentralkrankenhaus Links der Weser   (Germany)

^j Krankenhaus Altstadt   (Germany)

^k Klinikum Rosenheim   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Bypass surgery; Cardiac surgery; Mortality; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 17544390848     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1634     Document Type: Article

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