Using Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models for Risk-Adjusting Cardiac Surgery Results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 677-682

  Jin, Ruyun ^a   Furnary, Anthony P ^a   Fine, Stephanie C ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^b   Grunkemeier, Gary L ^a  

^a Medical Data Research Center   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; THORAX SURGERY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART VALVES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 76749086088     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.078     Document Type: Article

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