Quality improvement program decreases mortality after cardiac surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Stamou, Sotiris C ^a   Camp, Sara L ^a   Stiegel, Robert M ^a   Reames, Mark K ^a   Skipper, Eric ^a   Watts, Larry T ^a   Nussbaum, Marcy ^a   Robicsek, Francis ^a   Lobdell, Kevin W ^a  

^a Carolinas Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48649092715     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.081     Document Type: Article

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