The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 4 , Pages 880-887.e1 , April 2007

A randomized clinical trial of regional cerebral perfusion versus deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: Outcomes for infants with functional single ventricle

Read at the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa, April 29-May 3, 2006.

  • Caren S. Goldberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Caren S. Goldberg, MD, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, L1221 Women’s Box 0204, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0204.
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  • Edward L. Bove, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Eric J. Devaney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Eileen Mollen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Edward Schwartz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Shauna Tindall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Cheryl Nowak, RN

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • John Charpie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Morton B. Brown, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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  • Tom J. Kulik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Richard G. Ohye, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich

Received 20 June 2006 ,Revised 8 November 2006 ,Accepted 20 November 2006.

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 Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, University of Michigan General Clinical Research Center.

PII: S0022-5223(06)02180-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.029

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 4 , Pages 880-887.e1 , April 2007