Notice of Correction (DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.014);Female gender increases the risk of death during hospitalization for pediatric cardiac surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Seifert, Harry A ^a,b   Howard, David L ^c   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a   Jobes, David R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 33847082966     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.003     Document Type: Erratum

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