Short- and midterm outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery performed by surgeons in training

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1088-1092

  Yap, Cheng Hon ^a,b   Andrianopoulos, Nick ^a   Dinh, Diem T ^a   Billah, Baki ^a   Rosalion, Alexander ^c   Smith, Julian A ^a,d   Shardey, Gilbert C ^d   Skillington, Peter D ^b   Tatoulis, James ^b   Mohajeri, Morteza ^e   Yii, Michael ^c   Reid, Chistopher M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64649087849     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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