An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1139-1153

  O'Brien, Sean M ^a   Clarke, David R ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Jacobs, Marshall L ^d   Lacour Gayet, Francois G ^b   Pizarro, Christian ^e   Welke, Karl F ^f   Maruszewski, Bohdan ^g   Tobota, Zdzislaw ^g   Miller, Weldon J ^h   Hamilton, Leslie ⁱ   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Mavroudis, Constantine ^d   Edwards, Fred H ^j  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^h RHO INC   (United States)

ⁱ FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC ANNULOPLASTY; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARISTOTLE BASIS COMPLEXITY SCORE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ADJUSTMENT FOR CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BAYES THEOREM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EUROPE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 72049092958     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.071     Document Type: Article

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