Association of Volume With Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Scheduled vs Nonscheduled Operations

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 785-789

  Showstack, Jonathan A ^a   Rosenfeld, Kenneth E ^a   Garnick, Deborah W ^a   Luft, Harold S ^a   Schaffarzick, Ralph W ^b   Fowles, Jinnet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Blue Shield of California   (United States)

^c PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SYMPTOM; THERAPY;

CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATISTICS;

EID: 84948011202     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390060075027     Document Type: Article

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