title: Are virtual clinics an applicable model for service improvement in cardiac surgery?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Leonidas V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Athanasopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Thanos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Cardiac surgery ; Postoperative assessment ; Quality improvement; Service delivery ; Virtual clinic 