Evaluating the quality of trials of hypothermic circulatory arrest aortic surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-452

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ;

AORTA SURGERY; BLEEDING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 36348975860     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500521     Document Type: Review

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