Italian hospital mortality risk model vs additive and logistic EuroSCORE in coronary operations

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-380

  Ranucci, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cardiac surgery; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58349120031     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.10.031     Document Type: Letter

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