Introduction – Databases and the assessment of complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue S2, 2008, Pages 1-37

  Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; complexity; complications; Congenital heart disease; database; outcomes; patient safety; registry; results of treatment; surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEALTH; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 63849233476     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110800334X     Document Type: Article

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