Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass: Does number of grafts performed represent a selection bias in comparative studies? Results from a matched cohort comparison

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 740-744

  Roscitano, Antonino ^a   Benedetto, Umberto ^a   Capuano, Fabio ^a   Simon, Caterina ^a   Tonelli, Euclide ^a   Ruvolo, Giovanni ^b   Sinatra, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Coronary vessels

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744726249     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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