Evaluating operative mortality of cardiac surgery: First define operative mortality

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 344-345

  Swinkels, B M ^a   Plokker, H W ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 77957655136     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03091788     Document Type: Editorial

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