Long waiting list for by-pass surgery
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Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery.
OBJECTIVE To describe the causes and circumstances of death regarding patients who died in 1994 and 1995 while on a waiting list for cardiac surgery in the Netherlands. DESIGN Retrospective multicentre case study. SETTING 11 Dutch cardiac surgery centres. PATIENTS All patients reported as dying while on the waiting list for cardiac surgery in 1994 and 1995. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Classif...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.3.360