Comparison of three measurements of cardiac surgery mortality for the northern New England cardiovascular disease study group

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1393-1395

  Likosky, Donald S ^a   Nugent, William C ^b   Clough, Robert A ^b   Weldner, Paul W ^b   Quinton, Hebe B ^b   Ross, Cathy S ^b   O'Connor, Gerald T ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645377240     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.051     Document Type: Article

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