Preoperative beta-blocker use should not be a quality metric for coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1539-1545

  Lapar, Damien J ^a   Crosby, Ivan K ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Fonner, Edwin ^d   Rich, Jeffrey B ^c   Speir, Alan M ^b   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative ^*

^d Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887036822     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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