The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 732-738 , April 2008

Guidelines for reporting mortality and morbidity after cardiac valve interventions

Received 11 December 2007 ,Accepted 11 December 2007.

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 This article is being published concurrently in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

PII: S0022-5223(07)02000-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.002

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 732-738 , April 2008

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