Factors which influence the cardiac surgeon's decision not to operate on patients referred for consideration of surgery

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The aim of this study was to document what proportion of patients referred for consideration of cardiac surgery are turned down, the reasons given for not operating and also to evaluate what happens to those patients who do not under...

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Main Authors: Sivaprakasam Rajesh, Govindraj Rohith, Soon Sing Y, Waterworth Paul D, Jackson Mark, Grayson Antony D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/9