Measuring outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery: What is important and to whom?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1189-1190

  Brown, David L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955294382     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.238     Document Type: Editorial

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