With respect to the state of the Canadian CABG patch in the 1990s, the report by Dr. William
A. Ghali and colleagues in this issue (page 25) brings us both good news and bad. First, the …

BACKGROUND: Despite a body of research on outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) in Canada, little is known about Canada-wide outcome trends and interregional …

Background The authors have previously reported on Canada-wide outcomes of coronary
artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery for 1992/93 through 1995/96. Objective To provide an …

In 2 recent CMAJ articles1, 2 we re-ported a favourable national trend of decreasing risk-
adjusted rates of death after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery over 4 fiscal years …

BACKGROUND: Rates of in-hospital death after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
have been studied in many regions of Canada as possible indicators of hospital-specific …

We reviewed recent reports from administrative databases and clinical registries addressing
the utilization of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Canada. The Canadian CABG …

In this issue Dr. William A. Ghali and colleagues publish their provocative study of Canadian
(excluding Quebec) rates of in-hospital death after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

This study relies on the fact that mortality rates for CABG surgery have been calculated in a
standard way in a 2008 report by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality …

In the current issue of the journal, Ohri et al.[1] describe trends and outcomes for coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the UK over a 15-year period from 2002 to 2016. The …

BACKGROUND: There is continuing uncertainty over the relative contribution of outcomes
monitoring to changes in surgical outcomes over time. The authors studied temporal trends …