Critical congenital heart disease (cCHD) has neurodevelopmental sequelae that can carry
into adulthood, which may be due to aberrant brain development or brain injury in the …

Background Neonates with tetralogy of Fallot and symptomatic cyanosis (sTOF) require
early intervention. Objectives This study sought to perform a balanced multicenter …

Background Global data on cardiac surgery centers are outdated and survey-based. In
1995, there were 0.7 centers per million population, ranging from one per 120,000 in North …

CHS regionalization models developed for the US increase surgeon and center volume,
decrease healthcare spending, and improve patient outcomes without substantially …

Congenital heart surgery is complex and requires dedicated services to optimize surgeons'
skills and patient outcomes. Centralization and regionalization of services enables a pooling …

Background Recent data have demonstrated that overall mortality and adverse events are
not significantly different for primary repair (PR) and staged repair (SR) approaches to …

Background Regionalization of congenital heart surgery (CHS) has been proposed to
improve postsurgical outcomes by increasing experience in the care of high-risk patients …

The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS) was founded by 16 congenital heart
surgeons in 1973, who endeavored to share their clinical advances in an informal setting …

Background Individuals with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are recommended to receive
all inpatient cardiac and noncardiac care at facilities that can offer specialized care. We …

Outcome variation in congenital heart surgery in the US is unacceptable. Mounting evidence
shows higher volume programs have better outcomes than lower volume programs …