Practice pattern variability for myocardial revascularization: impact on resource use across 24 centers.

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Published in J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth on April 01, 2002

Authors

Joseph S Savino1, Catherine Ley, Denis Boisvert, Arnold Friedman, Joseph Mathew, Colleen Koch, Norman Starr, Christina Mora Mangano, Ahvie Herskowitz, Warren S Browner, Dennis T Mangano, Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (McSPI) Research Group, Ischemia Research and Education Foundation (IREF)

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA. joseph.savino@uphs.upenn.edu

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