The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 550-557 , September 2010

Clinically silent preoperative brain injuries do not worsen with surgery in neonates with congenital heart disease

  • A.J. Block, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • P.S. McQuillen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
    • Department of Neurology, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Patrick S. McQuillen, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room M680, Box 0106, San Francisco, CA 94143-0106.
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  • V. Chau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • H. Glass, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
    • Department of Neurology, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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  • K.J. Poskitt, MDCM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • A.J. Barkovich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
    • Department of Radiology, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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  • M. Esch, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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  • W. Soulikias, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • A. Azakie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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  • A. Campbell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • S.P. Miller, MDCM, MAS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Department of Neurology, The University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif

Received 22 October 2009 ,Revised 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 March 2010.

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 This work is supported by a grant (5-FY05-1231, #6-FY2009-303) from the March of Dimes Foundation, a grant (0365018Y) from the American Heart Association, a grant (2002/3E) from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, grants (RO1 NS40117, R01NS063876, and P50 NS35902) from the National Institutes of Health, a grant (5-M01-RR-01271) from the National Center for Research Resources, and a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (93780). Dr Miller is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Clinician Scientist award and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar award.

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00330-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.035

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 550-557 , September 2010

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