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Operative mortality in adult cardiac surgery: is the currently utilized definition justified?

Patrick Chan, Laura Seese, Edgar Aranda‐Michel, Ibrahim Sultan, Thomas G. Gleason, Yisi Wang, Floyd Thoma, Arman Kilic

Journal of Thoracic Disease · 2021 · 30 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Most of the operative mortalities seemed to be attributable to the index cardiac operation. We believe that the current definition of mortality remains appropriate in the modern era.

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