A South African national database in cardiothoracic surgery.
This article aims to update South African cardiothoracic surgeons on the developmental progress of the national database in cardiac and thoracic surgery and to encourage participation in this most important endeavour.
Linegar
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Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. linegarAG@ufs.ac.za
Smit
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Stroebel
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Schaafsma
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013019:South Africa; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*