Costs and quality of life associated with radial artery and saphenous vein cardiac bypass surgery: Results from a Veterans Affairs multisite trial

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 532-535

  Wagner, Todd H ^a   Sethi, Gulshan ^b   Holman, William ^c   Lee, Kelvin ^a   Bakaeen, Faisal G ^d   Upadhyay, Anjali ^a   McFalls, Edward ^e   Tobler, H Gareth ^f   Kelly, Rosemary F ^d   Crittenden, Michael D ^g   Thai, Hoang ^b   Goldman, Steven ^b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g Veterans Affairs Health Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac bypass surgery; Costs; Economics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIAC BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN INCISION; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN SURGERY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PLASMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 80054977728     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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