Influence of surgeon volume on outcomes with aortic valve replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1107-1113

  Dewey, Todd M ^a   Herbert, Morley A ^a   Ryan, William H ^b   Brinkman, William T ^b   Smith, Robert ^b   Prince, Syma L ^b   MacK, Michael J ^b  

^a MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859055002     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.064     Document Type: Article

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