Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Quantifying information size by trial sequential analysis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Maratea, Dario ^a   Fadda, Valeria ^a   Trippoli, Sabrina ^a   Messori, Andrea ^a,b  

^a ESTAV Toscana Centro   (Italy)

^b Regional Health System   (Italy)

Author keywords

CABG; Off pump; On pump; Trial sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; ON PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

CABG; OFF-PUMP; ON-PUMP; TRIAL SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883551048     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.04.011     Document Type: Letter

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