Volume-outcome relationships in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients: 5-year major cardiovascular event outcomes

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 923-930

  Lin, Herng Ching ^a   Xirasagar, Sudha ^b   Tsao, Nai Wen ^c   Hwang, Yi Ting ^d   Kuo, Nai Wen ^a   Lee, Hsin Chien ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949114501     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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