In pursuit of excellence: Monitoring results and assessment of performance in congenital cardiac surgery

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-11

  Stark, Jaroslav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONITORING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEART DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EUROPE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NORTH AMERICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036372825     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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