The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 144-149 , July 2010

Genetic factors are important determinants of impaired growth after infant cardiac surgery

  • Nancy Burnham, RN, MSN, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Nancy Burnham, RN, MSN, CRNP, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Richard F. Ittenbach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and the Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Virginia A. Stallings, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Marsha Gerdes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychology, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Elaine Zackai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Judy Bernbaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatrics, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Robert R. Clancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • J. William Gaynor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Cardiac Center, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa

Received 26 May 2009 ,Revised 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 10 January 2010.

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 Supported by a grant from the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, an American Heart Association National Grant-in-Aid (9950480N), and grant HL071834 from the National Institutes of Health.

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00026-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.01.003

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 144-149 , July 2010

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