The effect of surgeon volume on mortality for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 854-863

  Lapar, Damien J ^a   Mery, Carlos M ^a   Kozower, Benjamin D ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84858337744     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.048     Document Type: Article

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