Surgical volume and outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Does it matter?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Konety, Suma H ^a   Rosenthal, Gary E ^b,c   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64649102529     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.038     Document Type: Article

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