Comparing Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting among Large Teaching and Urban Hospitals in China and the United States

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Zheng, Zhe ^a,b   Zhang, Heng ^a,b   Yuan, Xin ^a,b   Rao, Chenfei ^a,b   Zhao, Yan ^h   Wang, Yun ^c,d   Normand, Sharon Lise ^a,c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d,e,f,g   Hu, Shengshou ^a,b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Section of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^g ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; coronary artery bypass grafting; coronary artery disease; hospital mortality; length of stay

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021147777     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003327     Document Type: Article

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