Relationship between preventability of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and all-cause risk-adjusted mortality rates.
Guru V, Tu J, Etchells E, et al. Relationship between preventability of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and all-cause risk-adjusted mortality rates. Circulation. 2008;117(23):2969-76. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.722249.
Although nearly one-third of deaths after bypass surgery were judged to be preventable based on retrospective review, preventable deaths were not correlated with individual hospital risk-adjusted mortality rates.
Guru V, Tu J, Etchells E, et al. Relationship between preventability of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and all-cause risk-adjusted mortality rates. Circulation. 2008;117(23):2969-76. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.722249.