Survival and morbidity following congenital heart surgery in a population-based cohort of children-up to 12 years of follow-up

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-329

  Larsen, Signe Holm ^a   Emmertsen, Kristian ^a   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^a   Pedersen, Jens ^a   Hjortholm, Kirsten ^a   Hjortdal, Vibeke Elisabeth ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congenital heart surgery; Morbidity; Statistics; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960668318     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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