PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Rawlins, Randolph
TI  - The West Indies Cardiac Surgery Registry: One Year Later
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 10--10
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/10.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/10.1.full
AB  - Cardiovascular disease has been the leading cause of death in Trinidad and Tobago since the 1940s; it accounts for a proportional mortality of 25% [Mungrue K et al. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2011]. In 2011, the Caribbean Cardiac Society endorsed development of a regional West Indies Cardiac Surgery Registry (WICSR), and this article presents an update on the status of WICSR.