Predicting mortality in high-risk coronary artery bypass: Surgeon versus risk model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Cornwell, Lorraine D ^a,b   Chu, Danny ^a,b,c   Misselbeck, Timothy ^a   LeMaire, Scott A ^a,c   Huh, Joseph ^a,b,c   Sansgiry, Shubhada ^a,b   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,c   Bakaeen, Faisal G ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting; mortality; outcomes; risk model; veterans

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SMOKING; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84859541027     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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