Perfusion variables in the 2010 update of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery database

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Shann, Kenneth G ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 78649435891     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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