CMS standards in reviewing low-volume cardiac transplant centers

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 May;87(5):1654; author reply 1654. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.025.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers / standards*
  • Academic Medical Centers / statistics & numerical data
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / standards*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Heart Transplantation / mortality
  • Heart Transplantation / standards*
  • Heart Transplantation / statistics & numerical data
  • Hospital Mortality / trends
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / mortality
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States