The relation between surgeon volume and outcome following off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery

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Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 829-837

  Glance, Laurent G ^a,d   Dick, Andrew W ^a   Osler, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Off pump; Quality; Report cards; Risk adjustment; Volume outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 23744500970     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.829     Document Type: Article

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