Current status of off-pump coronary-artery bypass

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1541-1543

  Grover, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84859862802     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1203194     Document Type: Editorial

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