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Below are summaries of our current studies. The links open to either Pubmed (National Library of Medicine) or pdf files. To open a pdf you should have Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater. If you do not, you can download it free at the following website --- http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Recent Studies 2001-2003
Cardiac Surgery Workgroup
 
Multivariate Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality Associated with Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery in Northern New England 1
Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement in Northern New England

2
A Regional Intervention to Improve In-hospital Mortality Associated with CABG Surgery (pdf)
3
A Regional Intervention to Reduce CABG Mortality from Low Output Heart Failure (pdf)
4
Appropriateness of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (pdf)
5
Who Dies After Cardiac Surgery? (pdf)
6
The Effect of Comorbid Illness on Mortality Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery.
7
Excess Mortality Among Women Undergoing CABG Surgery (pdf)
8
Preoperative White Blood Cell Count and Mortality and Morbidity Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
9
A Multi-center Comparison of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Utilization in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
10
In-Hospital Outcomes of Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures: a Multicenter Experience
11
Use of the Internal Mammary Artery Graft and In-Hospital Mortality and Other Adverse Outcomes Associated With Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
12
The Association Between Heart Rate and In-Hospital Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
13
Lowest Core Body Temperature and Adverse Outcomes Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
14
Diabetes, Highest Core Temperature on CPB and Mediastinitis Rates
15
Long-Term Survival of Dialysis Patients After Coronary Bypass Surgery
16
The Effect of Diabetes and Associated Conditions on Long-term Survival After CABG Surgery
17
Long Term Survival of the Very Elderly Undergoing CABG Surgery (pdf)
18
Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Strokes Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
19
A Comparison of Relative and Absolute Risk of Stroke After CABG (pdf)
20
Revision of the Pre-operative Probability of Stroke Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (pdf)
21
Duration of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Influences Risk of Stroke in CABG Operations (pdf)
22
Determination of Etiologic Mechanisms of Strokes Secondary to CABG Surgery
23
Intra- and Post-operative Treatment and Course Variables Associated with Stroke Subtypes Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
24
Functional Impairment and Mortality of Stroke Subtypes Following CABG Surgery (pdf)
25
Real-time Process Assessment During Cardiac Surgery: Relating NIRS, TCD, and Physiologic Monitoring to Surgical and Perfusion Techniques (pdf)
26
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Workgroup
 
Prediciting Vascular Complications in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
27
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Bypass Grafts in Northern New England 1996-1999 – The Stent and GP IIb/IIIa Era (pdf)
28
Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Elderly Patients In Cardiogenic Shock: A Multicenter Observational Study
29
Survival Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft In Northern New England (pdf)
30
Validation of a Risk Prediction Rule for Vascular Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions on a Large Independent Dataset
31
Gender-Related Changes in the Practice and Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Northern New England From 1994-1999
32
Mortality Following PCI in Patients with Renal Failure in Northern New England (NNE): In-Hospital, in the Era of Stents and Long Term (pdf)
33
Adjusting for Patient Differences in Predicting Hospital Mortality for Percutaneous Coronary Artery Inventions in the Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program 34
 
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