Gender differences in the utilisation of surgery for congenital heart disease in India
Ramakrishnan S, Khera R, Jain S, Saxena A, Kailash S, Karthikeyan G, Kothari SS, Juneja R, Bhargava B, Kalaivani M, Mehta M, Bahl VK, Airan B. Gender differences in the utilisation of surgery for congenital heart disease in India. Heart 2011, 97: 1920. PMID: 21653217, DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2011.224410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric cardiac surgeryCongenital heart diseaseCardiac surgeryHeart diseaseFemale genderElective pediatric cardiac surgeryLow socioeconomic classConsecutive childrenIndependent predictorsProspective studyCorrective surgerySurgeryCardiac defectsEquitable careSocioeconomic classPatientsDiseaseSocial supportGirlsGender differencesChildrenImportant determinantInductive analytical approachYearsGender