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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:840. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.002
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Original Articles: Pediatric Cardiac

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Constantine Mavroudis, MD

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195

(Email: mavrouc@ccf.org).

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Kogon and associates [1] have presented their experience with adult congenital heart patients who underwent operations at a pediatric hospital versus an adult hospital. They concluded that adult patients with congenital heart disease should have their care at an adult institution with operations performed by a congenital heart surgeon. A recent study by Karamlou and associates [2] confirmed similar trends using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 1988 to 2003 (152,277 patients).

Institutions with separate pediatric and adult facilities have debated the optimal care dilemma for adults with congenital heart disease . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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