Quality evaluation in congenital heart surgery

Editorial

F Lacour-Gayet. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Jul.

. 2004 Jul;26(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.04.020.

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Risk stratification in paediatric open-heart surgery.
Kang N, Cole T, Tsang V, Elliott M, de Leval M. Kang N, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Jul;26(1):3-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.038. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004. PMID: 15200974
The RACHS-1 risk categories reflect mortality and length of hospital stay in a large German pediatric cardiac surgery population.
Boethig D, Jenkins KJ, Hecker H, Thies WR, Breymann T. Boethig D, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Jul;26(1):12-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.039. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004. PMID: 15200975
Lessons learned from the data analysis of the second harvest (1998-2001) of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
Jacobs JP, Mavroudis C, Jacobs ML, Lacour-Gayet FG, Tchervenkov CI, William Gaynor J, Clarke DR, Spray TL, Maruszewski B, Stellin G, Elliott MJ, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED. Jacobs JP, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Jul;26(1):18-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.048. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004. PMID: 15200976