Regional variation in patient risk factors and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1277-1282

  Quin, Jacquelyn A ^a   Sheng, Shubin ^b   O'Brien, Sean M ^b   Welke, Karl F ^c   Grover, Frederick L ^d   Shroyer, A Laurie ^e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Multicare Health System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053312109     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.062     Document Type: Article

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