Clinical Outcome of Patients in a Start-Up Congenital Heart Surgery Program in Turkey

Artificial Organs

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Onan, Ismihan Selen ^a   Erek, Ersin ^a   Haydin, Sertac ^a   Onan, Burak ^a   Kocyigit, Ozgen Ilgaz ^a   Topuz, Ufuk ^a   Odemis, Ender ^a   Yeniterzi, Mehmet ^a   Bakir, Ihsan ^a  

^a Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital heart surgery; Data analysis; Mortality rates; Outcomes; Pediatric; RACHS 1

Indexed keywords

HEART; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME; RACHS-1; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT - MODELLING;

PEDIATRICS;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST; PERFUSIONIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84872417260     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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