Survival enhancing indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is performed because of anticipated survival benefit, improvement in quality of life, or both. We performed this study to explore variations in clinical indications for CABG surgery among C...

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Main Authors: Denton Timothy A, Rocke David M, Romano Patrick S, Marcin James P, Kravitz Richard L, Li Zhongmin, Brindis Ralph G, Dai Jian, Amsterdam Ezra A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/257