An internationally approved and globally used classification scheme for the diagnosis of
CHD has long been sought. The International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code …

The hypoplastic left heart syndrome encompasses a spectrum of cardiac malformations that
are characterized by significant underdevelopment of the components of the left heart and …

OBJECTIVE: To determine an accurate estimate of the prevalence of congenital heart
defects (CHD) using current standard diagnostic modalities. STUDY DESIGN: We obtained …

Objectives: Quality control is difficult to achieve in Congenital Heart Surgery (CHS) because
of the diversity of the procedures. It is particularly needed, considering the potential adverse …

Substantial progress has been made in the standardization of nomenclature for paediatric
and congenital cardiac care. In 1936, Maude Abbott published her Atlas of Congenital …

The most concrete and universal outcome measure used in databases, whether
governmental, professional society, research, or third-party payer, is operative mortality. To …

Las malformaciones congénitas más frecuentes son las cardiopatías congénitas. La
prevalencia reportada a nivel mundial va de 2.1 a 12.3 por 1000 recién nacidos. En nuestro …

Aims The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database collects detailed clinical
information on patients undergoing adult cardiac, paediatric and congenital cardiac, and …

OBJECTIVES Outcomes evaluation is enhanced by assignment of operative procedures to
appropriate categories based upon relative average risk. Formal risk modelling is …

The aim of the Aristotle project was to develop a new method of evaluation of quality of care
in congenital heart surgery based on the complexity of the surgical procedures. Involving a …