Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass surgery in octogenarians

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-306

  Sollano, Josephine A ^a   Rose, Eric A ^b   Williams, Deborah L ^b   Thornton, Barbara ^b   Quint, Eva ^b   Apfelbaum, Mark ^b   Wasserman, Hal ^b   Cannavale, Gregory A ^b   Smith, Craig R ^b   Reemtsma, Keith ^b   Greene, Richard J ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 19244376992     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199809000-00003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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