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Coronary Artery Bypass
No relation seen between volume and outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass
April 11th, 2006
No relationship was seen between volume and outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedures. "The relationship between the surgical case volume and risk-adjusted clinical outcomes has been examined for different surgical specialties," researcher in the United States say. M.E. Plomondon and colleagues, University Colorado, conducted a study "explore the relationship between the off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedure volumes (OPCABG) with risk-adjusted outcomes within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 44 cardiac surgery programs. "Based on VA Continuous Improvement in Cardiac Surgery Program data, the...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-04-11)
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