The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network: Randomized clinical trials in the operating room

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 830-834

  Gardner, Timothy J ^a   O'Gara, Patrick T ^b  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OPERATING ROOM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX SURGERY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77949442331     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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