title: The importance of retrospective analyses of adverse outcomes.
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000628:therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000628:therapy; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies