The Value of Post Mortems in Cardiac Surgery: Learning from the Dead

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 150-153

  De Silva, Ravi J ^a   Bhinda, P ^b   Goddard, M ^b   Choong, Cliff K ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Complications; Outcomes; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857503851     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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