title: Coronary surgery: an update.
abstract: In some hospitals all the coronary surgery that can be managed is confined to keeping up with emergencies and urgent cases. Increasingly surgical effort is extended to difficult cases for marginal benefit. Should the surgeon and cardiologist turn their backs on the seriously ill and treat more cost-effective cases?
authors.affiliation: St George's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Treasure
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists