Improving mortality of coronary surgery over first four years of independent practice: Retrospective examination of prospectively collected data from 15 surgeons

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7463, 2004, Pages 421-423

  Bridgewater, Ben ^a   Grayson, Antony D ^b   Au, John ^d   Hasan, Ragheb ^c   Dihmis, Walid C ^b   Munsch, Chris ^e   Waterworth, Paul ^a  

^a University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 4344670790     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38173.577697.55     Document Type: Article

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