Variability in data: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Brown, Morgan L ^a   Lenoch, Judy R ^b   Schaff, Hartzell V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; coronary artery bypass grafting; National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database; NCD; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; STS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THORAX SURGERY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA MINING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955457758     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.052     Document Type: Article

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