Congenital heart surgery: Expected versus observed surgical performance according to the Aristotle complexity score

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 268-273

  Photiadis, J ^a   Sinzobahamvya, N ^a   Arenz, C ^a   Sata, S ^a   Haun, C ^b   Schindler, E ^c   Asfour, B ^a   Hraska, V ^a  

^a Deutsches Kinderherzzentrum Sankt Augustin   (Germany)

^b Cardiac Intensive Care   (Germany)

^c Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHD; congenital heart disease; morbidity); outcomes (includes mortality; quality assessment; risk adjusted method

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARISTOTLE COMPLEXITY SCORE; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; ATRIAL SWITCH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASTELLI PROCEDURE; ROSS KONNO PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GERMANY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961107878     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1271059     Document Type: Article

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