Recursive partitioning-based preoperative risk stratification for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 720-724

  Sedrakyan, Artyom ^a,b   Zhang, Heping ^c   Treasure, Tom ^d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 33344459625     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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