Emergence of the arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries and the potential cost of surgical innovation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1047-1051

  Broberg, Craig S ^a   Shen, Irving ^b   Menashe, Victor ^b   Starr, Albert ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; EDITORIAL; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; THORACIC SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HISTORY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRENDS;

ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 85017360630     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.035     Document Type: Editorial

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