The effect of surgical case volume on outcome after the Norwood procedure

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 754-759

  Checchia, Paul A ^a,b   McCollegan, Jamie ^a,b   Daher, Noha ^b,c   Kolovos, Nikoleta ^a,b   Levy, Fiona ^a,b   Markovitz, Barry ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 16844386335     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.056     Document Type: Article

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