Analysis of regional congenital cardiac surgical outcomes in Florida using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-369

  Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a   Quintessenza, James A ^a   Burke, Redmond P ^b,c   Bleiweis, Mark S ^d,e   Byrne, Barry J ^d,e   Ceithaml, Eric L ^d,e   DeCampli, William M ^b,c   Giroud, Jorge M ^a   Perryman, Richard A ^e   Rosenkranz, Eliot R ^f   Wolff, Grace ^f   Posner, Vicki ^g   Steverson, Sue ^g   Blanchard, William B ^h   Schiebler, Gerry L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c The University of Florida ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g Sacred Heart Children's Hospital   (United States)

^h Florida Children's Medical Services   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Paediatric heart surgery; Patient safety; Registry; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FLORIDA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 70349216503     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109990151     Document Type: Article

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