Carl L Backer, David M Overman, Joseph A Dearani, Jennifer C Romano, James S Tweddell, S Ram Kumar, Bradley S Marino, Emile A Bacha, Robert D B Jaquiss, Ali N Zaidi, Michelle Gurvitz, John M Costello, Trudy A Pierick, William J Ravekes, James A Reagor, James D St Louis, James Spaeth, William T Mahle, Andrew Y Shin, Keila N Lopez, Tara Karamlou, Karl F Welke, Roosevelt Bryant, S Adil Husain, Jonathan M Chen, Aditya Kaza, Winfield J Wells, Andrew C Glatz, Mitchell I Cohen, Doff B McElhinney, David A Parra, Sara K Pasquali
Care and outcomes for the more than 40,000 patients undergoing pediatric and congenital heart surgery in the United States annually are known to vary widely. While consensus recommendations have been published across numerous fields as one mechanism to promote a high level of care delivery across centers, it has been more than two decades since the last pediatric heart surgery recommendations were published in the United States. More recent guidance is lacking, and collaborative efforts involving the many disciplines engaged in caring for these children have not been undertaken to date...
September 25, 2023: Annals of Thoracic Surgery