Madison B Argo, David J Barron, Igor Bondarenko, Aaron Eckhauser, Peter Gruber, Linda M Lambert, Tharini Paramananthan, Maha Rahman, David S Winlaw, Can Yerebakan, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, William M DeCampli, Osami Honjo, James K Kirklin, Carol Prospero, Karthik Ramakrishnan, James D St Louis, Joseph W Turek, James E O'Brien, Christian Pizarro, Petros V Anagnostopoulous, Eugene H Blackstone, Marshall L Jacobs, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, Tara Karamlou, Elizabeth H Stephens, Anastasios C Polimenakos, Marcus P Haw, Brian W McCrindle
OBJECTIVE: To compare patient characteristics and overall survival for infants with critical left heart obstruction (CLHO) after hybrid palliation (bilateral pulmonary artery banding ± ductal stenting) versus non-hybrid management (e.g., Norwood, primary transplantation, biventricular repair, transcatheter/surgical aortic valvotomy). METHODS: From 2005-2019, 1,045 infants in the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society CLHO cohort underwent interventions across 28 institutions...
May 3, 2023: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery