Guidelines for reporting mortality and morbidity after cardiac valve interventions

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Apr;135(4):732-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.002.

Authors

Cary W Akins¹, D Craig Miller, Marko I Turina, Nicholas T Kouchoukos, Eugene H Blackstone, Gary L Grunkemeier, Johanna J M Takkenberg, Tirone E David, Eric G Butchart, David H Adams, David M Shahian, Siegfried Hagl, John E Mayer, Bruce W Lytle; Councils of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; European Assoication for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Standardizing Definitions of Prosthetic Heart Valve Morbidity

Affiliation

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. cakins@partners.org

PMID: 18374749
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / mortality
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Child
Disclosure / standards*
Guidelines as Topic
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Morbidity