Dr. App, what are my chances?

[Star Tribune, August 12, 2011] It's a question that some patients are afraid to ask: What are my chances of dying on the operating table?

Now, believe it or not, there's an app for that.

Dr. Frazier Eales, a heart surgeon at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, hadn't seen the app, but he loved the idea. "I think anything that puts valid information in the hands of patients is worthwhile," he said.

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