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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1289-1290. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.031
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Original Articles: Pediatric Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Victor Tsang, MDa, Martin Utley, PhDb

a Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond St, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom; The Heart Hospital, University College London, 16–18 Westmoreland St, London W1G 8PH, United Kingdom
b Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

(Email: tsangv@gosh.nhs.uk).

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The work of Giamberti and colleagues [1] has several interesting features. Reoperations in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients due to the right ventricular outflow tract, the left ventricular outflow track, residual septal defects, and in Fontan patients were associated with a low rate of mortality (3.6%). With just 6 deaths, it is not surprising that statistical analysis of the data did not identify any clinical features associated with in-hospital . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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