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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/9 |