Despite the overall improvement in life expectancy of patients living with congenital heart
disease (congenital HD), disparities in morbidity and mortality remain throughout the …

The congenital heart care community faces a myriad of public health issues that act as
barriers toward optimum patient outcomes. In this article, we attempt to define advocacy and …

Care and outcomes for the more than 40,000 patients undergoing pediatric and congenital
heart surgery in the United States annually are known to vary widely. While consensus …

Background Socioeconomic and racial (SER) disparities among patients with congenital
heart disease (CHD) may limit access to high-quality care. We characterized the national …

The objective of this study is to simulate regionalization of congenital heart surgery (CHS) in
the United States and assess the impact of such a system on travel distance and mortality …

Better outcomes at higher volume centers are likely explained by an organized infrastructure
and critical mass of highly specialized physicians and surgeons, allied healthcare providers …

Background Ensuring that children have access to timely and appropriate surgical care is a
vital component of comprehensive pediatric care. This study systematically reviews the …

The incidence of moderate to severe congenital heart disease (CHD) in the United States is
estimated to be 6 per 1,000 live-born, full-term infants. Recent advances in pediatric …

Background Length of stay (LOS) has been proposed as a quality metric in congenital heart
surgery, but LOS may be influenced by parental socioeconomic position (SEP). We aimed to …

Feature Editor's Note—The Congenital editors of the Journal encourage open, productive
discourse on the structure of the system of care in which congenital heart surgery is …