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Prognostic models of thirty-day mortality and morbidity after major pulmonary resection
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-05-1999)“…Background:A part of the prospective, multi-institutional National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program was developed to predict 30-day…”
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Risk factors for morbidity and mortality after colectomy for colon cancer
Published in Diseases of the colon & rectum (01-01-2000)“…Comorbid conditions affect the risk of adverse outcomes after surgery, but the magnitude of risk has not previously been quantified using multivariate…”
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Determinants of the occurrence of an survival from prosthetic valve endocarditis : experience of the veterans affairs cooperative study on valvular heart disease
Published in Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-08-1994)“…For the determination of the risk factors associated with the development of and death caused by prosthetic valve endocarditis, data were reviewed from 66…”
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Determinants of survival and left ventricular performance after mitral valve replacement
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-04-1990)Get full text
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Outcomes 15 years after valve replacement with a mechanical versus a bioprosthetic valve: final report of the Veterans Affairs randomized trial
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-10-2000)“…OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to compare long-term survival and valve-related complications between bioprosthetic and mechanical heart valves…”
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Preoperative identification of patients likely to have left ventricular dysfunction after aortic valve replacement. Participants in the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-1989)“…The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative and intraoperative variables predictive of left ventricular dysfunction 6 months after aortic valve…”
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Risk Adjustment of the Postoperative Morbidity Rate for the Comparative Assessment of the Quality of Surgical Care: Results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-10-1997)“…The National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study was designed to collect reliable, valid data on patient risk and outcomes for major surgery in the Veterans…”
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Determinants of survival and left ventricular performance after mitral valve replacement. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-04-1990)“…To determine how survival and clinical status were related to left ventricular (LV) size and systolic function after mitral valve replacement, 104 patients (48…”
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A Comparison of Outcomes in Men 11 Years after Heart-Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Valve or Bioprosthesis
Published in The New England journal of medicine (06-05-1993)“…Although many advances have been made in the design and construction of prosthetic heart valves since the first successful human valve replacements were…”
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Operative mortality in patients undergoing single valve replacement in teaching institutions--early mortality as a function of resident versus staff surgeon
Published in Surgery (01-08-1988)“…Nine hundred sixty-four patients undergoing single valve replacement (SVR) procedures alone or in combination with other cardiac surgical procedures were…”
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Risk factors for adverse outcomes after the Surgical treatment of appendicitis in adults
Published in Annals of surgery (01-07-2003)“…To define risk factors that predict adverse outcomes after the surgical treatment of appendicitis in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Risk…”
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A comparison of outcomes in men 11 years after heart-valve replacement with a mechanical valve or bioprosthesis. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease
Published in The New England journal of medicine (06-05-1993)“…Mechanical heart valves are durable but thrombogenic, and their use requires that the patient receive anticoagulants. In contrast, bioprosthetic valves are…”
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Morbidity and mortality of gastrectomy for cancer in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Published in Surgery (01-05-2002)“…Background. The purpose of this study was to define risk factors that predict 30-day morbidity and mortality after gastrectomy for cancer in Veterans Affairs…”
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Comparison of outcome after valve replacement with a bioprosthesis versus a mechanical prosthesis: Initial 5 year results of a randomized trial
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-10-1987)“…The Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease was organized to compare survival and incidence of valve-related complications between…”
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Impact of resident training on postoperative morbidity in patients undergoing single valve replacement. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-06-1991)“…As one of the requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs cooperative study on valvular heart disease, operative and postoperative data were…”
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Comparison of the causes of late death following aortic and mitral valve replacement. VA Co-operative Study on Valvular Heart Disease
Published in The Journal of heart valve disease (01-01-1994)“…This report examines and compares the causes of late non-surgical death in 146 of 690 (21%) patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) and in…”
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Query: On Computing the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic
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Six month postoperative hemodynamics of the Hancock heterograft and the Björk-Shiley prosthesis: Results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative prospective randomized trial
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-07-1988)“…In a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study involving 13 medical centers, 575 patients undergoing single valve replacement were prospectively randomized to…”
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Clinical, hemodynamic, and angiographic predictors of operative mortality in patients undergoing single valve replacement. Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-06-1987)“…Preoperative characteristics of 964 patients in the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease undergoing single valve replacement…”
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