Cumulative incidence for wait-list death in relation to length of queue for coronary-artery bypass grafting: a cohort study

摘要

BackgroundIn deciding where to undergo coronary-artery bypass grafting, the length of surgical wait lists is often the only information available to cardiologists and their patients. Our objective was to compare the cumulative incidence for death on the wait list according to the length of wait lists at the time of registration for the operation.