Training surgeon status is not associated with an increased risk of early or late mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement surgery

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-190

  Saxena, Akshat ^a   Dinh, Diem ^b   Smith, Julian A ^b,c   Reid, Christopher M ^b   Shardey, Gilbert ^d   Newcomb, Andrew E ^a,e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Cardiac surgery; Morbidity; Mortality; Resident; Survival; Trainee

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTA VALVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VICTORIA;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGEONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84898605211     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.a2013.0087     Document Type: Article

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