title: Data, dogma, or latest fashion? How scientific meetings and peer-reviewed literature affect cardiac surgical practice.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. spray@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Spray
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States