The society of thoracic surgeons national database

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1494-1501

  Shahian, David M ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^b   Edwards, Fred H ^c   Brennan, J Matthew ^d   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^d   Prager, Richard L ^e   Wright, Cameron D ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^d   McDonald, Donna E ^f   Grover, Frederick L ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART SURGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS NATIONAL DATABASE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BENCHMARKING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; REGISTRIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884590040     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303456     Document Type: Article

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