Automation of follow-up and data analysis of paediatric heart disease in Malta

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-149

  Grech, Victor ^a   Pace, Joe ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b Department of Health Information ^*  (Malta)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Factual databases; Information systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALTA; MICROCOMPUTERS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033611732     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00353-2     Document Type: Article

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