Improvement in congenital heart surgery in a developing country: The Guatemalan experience

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1882-1887

  Larrazabal, Luis A ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Vida, Vladimiro L ^a   Benavidez, Oscar J ^a   Gaitán, Guillermo A ^b   Garcia, Flor ^b   Castañeda, Aldo R ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNICAR   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Heart defects, congenital; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349071762     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.695403     Document Type: Article

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