Initial twelve months experience and analysis for 2001-2002 from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons - Victorian database project

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-297

  Reid, Christopher ^a   Rockell, M ^b   Skillington, Peter D ^c   Shardey, Gil C ^d   Smith, Julian A ^d   Yii, Michael ^e   Seevanayagam, Siven ^f   Mohajeri, Morteza ^g   Rowland, Michael ^h  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; STERNUM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844222028     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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