Cumulative sum failure analysis for eight surgeons performing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Holzhey, David M ^a   Jacobs, Stephan ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a   Mochalski, Michael ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34548130790     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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