Factors associated with age at operation for children with congenital heart disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1073-1081

  Chang, Ruey Kang R ^a   Chen, Alex Y ^b   Klitzner, Thomas S ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Congenital heart disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0034099786     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.5.1073     Document Type: Article

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