The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1139-1153 , November 2009

An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery

  • Sean M. O'Brien, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Sean M. O'Brien, PhD, Box 17969, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715.
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  • David R. Clarke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Heart Institute, Denver, Colo
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  • Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Saint Petersburg and Tampa, Fla
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  • Marshall L. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Heart Institute, Denver, Colo
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  • Christian Pizarro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nemours Cardiac Center, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Del
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  • Karl F. Welke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore
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  • Bohdan Maruszewski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Hospital Child's Health Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Zdzislaw Tobota, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Weldon J. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rho, Inc, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Leslie Hamilton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Constantine Mavroudis, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Fred H. Edwards, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida, Jacksonville, Fla

Received 20 June 2008 ,Revised 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 7 March 2009.

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 Read at the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Kona, Hawaii, June 25–28, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01017-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.071

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1139-1153 , November 2009

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