Background: Deaths among patients awaiting coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are a
source of private grief and public concern in Canada. However, some deaths are expected …

OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of important cardiac events while waiting for coronary artery
bypass surgery (CABG) in relation to the New Zealand priority scoring system; to compare …

Background The detrimental effect of delaying surgical revascularization has been
estimated in randomized trials and observational studies. It has been argued that the Kaplan …

Aim To assess the baseline characteristics of patients referred for isolated coronary bypass
surgery (CABG), waiting times for coronary bypass surgery and clinical events while waiting …

Background: A lack of resources has created waiting lists for many elective surgical
procedures within Canada's universal health care system. Coronary artery bypass grafting …

Background Many health care systems now use priority wait lists for scheduling elective
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, but there have not yet been any direct …

OBJECTIVES The public health care system in Brazil has extensive waiting lists of patients
requiring complex operations such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The purpose …

Deaths and delays in queues for coronary surgery in Canada have been highlighted by
American interest groups opposed to" socialised medicine". Since 1991 all nine cardiac …

BACKGROUND: Independent risk factors for death in patients waiting for elective coronary
artery bypass surgery have previously been identified. A prioritization where these factors …

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association myocardial infarction and hospital admissions than
were evident in older studies. 7–8 Furthermore, deaths that occur in patients waiting for …