Putting the pediatric cardiac care consortium in context: Evaluation of scope and case mix compared with other reported surgical datasets

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 577-579

  Vinocur, Jeffrey M ^a   Moller, James H ^b,c   Kochilas, Lazaros K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC CARDIAC CARE CONSORTIUM; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864595950     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.964841     Document Type: Article

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