Five-year outcomes after regionalizing pediatric cardiac surgery centers

Infant mortality after cardiac surgery is multifactorial, but can be related to center and surgeon case volume. One method to increase case volume is to consolidate or regionalize pediatric cardiac surgical care. We evaluated in-hospital and 5-year outcomes in three separate pediatric cardiac surgical programs before and after they formed one regional consortium. Infants (

Source: Progress in Pediatric Cardiology - July 17, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Michael F. Swartz, Joseph M. Orie, Matthew Egan, Nader H. Atallah-Yunes, Jill M. Cholette, Bartholomew V. Simon, Frank C. Smith, Hongyue Wang, Steven E. Lipshultz, George M. Alfieris Source Type: research