From controlled trials to clinical practice: Monitoring transmyocardial revascularization use and outcomes [2] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2364-2365

  Allen, Keith B ^a   Dowling, Robert D ^c   Richenbacher, Wayne ^c   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^c  

^a Indiana Heart Institute   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM;

EID: 2942606264     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.028     Document Type: Letter

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