Lesion-specific outcomes in neonates undergoing congenital heart surgery are related predominantly to patient and management factors rather than institution or surgeon experience: A Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Karamlou, Tara ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^b   Cai, Sally ^a   Jonas, Richard A ^c   Bradley, Scott M ^d   Ashburn, David A ^e   Caldarone, Christopher A ^a   Williams, William G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH INTERRUPTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON;

EID: 76749089497     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.073     Document Type: Article

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