Preoperative and intraoperative variables to predict mortality: Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?  Umberto Benedetto, MD, PhD, Gianni D. Angelini,

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Preoperative and intraoperative variables to predict mortality: Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?  Umberto Benedetto, MD, PhD, Gianni D. Angelini, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 153, Issue 5, Pages 1126-1127 (May 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.11.018 Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions

The chicken or the egg causality dilemma. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 153, 1126-1127DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.11.018) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions