The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1205-1210 , May 2010

Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

  • Jason N. Johnson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • James Jaggers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Shuang Li, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Sean M. O'Brien, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Jennifer S. Li, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, All Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, St Petersburg and Tampa, Fla
    • ,
  • Marshall L. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Karl F. Welke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore
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  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Sara K. Pasquali, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sara K. Pasquali, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715.

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

 Dr Pasquali receives grant support (KL2 RR024127-02) from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, and from the American Heart Association Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Clinical Research Program. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of National Center for Research Resources, NIH, or American Heart Association.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01485-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.029

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1205-1210 , May 2010

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