The performance of the EuroSCORE and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality risk score: The gender factor

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-195

  Ad, Niv ^a   Barnett, Scott D ^a   Speir, Alan M ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting EuroSCORE; Gender; Risk score; Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247162779     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.138313     Document Type: Article

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