Barriers to Access to Cardiac Surgery: Canadian Situation and Global Context

D Vervoort, AM Afzal, GZL Ruiz, C Mutema… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Cardiovascular care spans primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and care, whereby …

Building high levels of performance into congenital heart centers

CA Caldarone, CL Backer - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Congenital heart centers are expected to deliver high quality care for a complex group of
patients requiring optimal interaction of a wide variety of multi-disciplinary teams, in a rapidly …

Procedure-specific center volume and mortality after infantile congenital heart surgery

R Zmora, L Spector, J Bass, A Thomas, J Knight… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Regionalization of congenital heart surgery (CHS) has been proposed to
improve postsurgical outcomes by increasing experience in the care of high-risk patients …

GEospatial aNalysis of ExtRacorporeal membrane oxygenATion in Europe (GENERATE)

S Gillon, C Zheng, Z Feng, M Fleig, T Scquizzato… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction A cross-sectional survey GENERATE (GEospatial aNalysis of ExtRacorporeal
membrane oxygenATion in Europe) initiated on behalf of the European chapter of the …

Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes; the Role of Diagnostic Category

F Alizadeh, K Gauvreau, JA Barreto, M Hall… - Critical Care …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes; the
Role of Diagnostic Category Page 1 Copyright © 2024 by the Society of Critical Care …

Joint programmes in paediatric cardiac surgery: an update and descriptive analysis

NT Toomey, J Ulysse, WM DeCampli - Cardiology in the Young, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: Joint programmes are an alternative model that may aid in improving congenital
cardiac surgery outcomes while avoiding the potential resource and accessibility challenges …

Understanding Pediatric Surge in the United States

A Lin, S Chung - Pediatric Clinics, 2024 - pediatric.theclinics.com
The concepts of pediatric surge in the United States continue to evolve from a theoretic
framework to practical implementation. In 2006, initial definitions of surge, surge capacity …