The Need for an Objective Evaluation of Morbidity in Congenital Heart Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-2

  Lacour Gayet, François ^a   Jacobs, Marshall L ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Mavroudis, Constantine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34250348452     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.065     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

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