Causes of Death After Congenital Heart Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1438-1445

  Ma, Marsha ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^b   Allan, Catherine K ^b   Mayer Jr , John E ^b   Jenkins, Kathy J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33947315332     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.073     Document Type: Article

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