The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 130, Issue 6 , Pages 1503-1510.e7 , December 2005

Matching procedure to morphology improves outcomes in neonates with tricuspid atresia

Read at the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Francisco, Calif, April 10-13, 2005.

  • Tara Karamlou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
    • John W. Kirklin Fellow of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Data Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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  • David A. Ashburn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC,
    • John W. Kirklin Fellow of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Data Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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  • Christopher A. Caldarone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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  • Eugene H. Blackstone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio,
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  • Richard A. Jonas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC,
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  • Marshall L. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pa,
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  • William G. Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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  • Ross M. Ungerleider, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore.
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  • Brian W. McCrindle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Brian W. McCrindle, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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  • for the Members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society

Received 4 April 2005 ,Revised 21 June 2005 ,Accepted 23 July 2005.

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 Funding of the CHSS Data Center from member surgeons and institutions and the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) is acknowledged.

PII: S0022-5223(05)01188-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.024

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 130, Issue 6 , Pages 1503-1510.e7 , December 2005

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