Measuring Follow-Up Completeness

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1155-1157

  Wu, YingXing ^a   Takkenberg, Johanna J M ^b   Grunkemeier, Gary L ^a  

^a EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 40749142369     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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