Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for surgery for congenital heart disease.

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Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on January 01, 2002

Authors

Kathy J Jenkins1, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Jane W Newburger, Thomas L Spray, James H Moller, Lisa I Iezzoni

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jenkins@cardio.tch.harvard.edu

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