Letter by Pocar et al regarding article, "no major differences in 30-day outcomes in high-risk patients randomized to off-pump versus on-pump coronary bypass surgery: The Best Bypass Surgery Trial"

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Pocar, Marco ^a   Passolunghi, Davide ^a   Donatelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149241357     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.946624     Document Type: Letter

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