International benchmarking of cardiac surgical activity and outcomes

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-11

  Underwood, Malcolm J ^a   Hu, Shengshou ^b   Lee, Chuen N ^c   Kappetein, A Peter ^d   Bridewater, Ben ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; THORAX SURGERY;

ASIA; BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84863286150     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492311432583     Document Type: Editorial

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