The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 569-577.e1 , March 2010

Lesion-specific outcomes in neonates undergoing congenital heart surgery are related predominantly to patient and management factors rather than institution or surgeon experience: A Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Study

Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 2005, Dallas, Tex.

  • Tara Karamlou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Brian W. McCrindle, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Sally Cai, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Richard A. Jonas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Scott M. Bradley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • David A. Ashburn, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
    • ,
  • Christopher A. Caldarone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • William G. Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: William G. Williams, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5 G 1X8.

Received 7 February 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 November 2008.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01135-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.073

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 569-577.e1 , March 2010

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