Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common type of birth defect occurring in% 1%
of live births1 and, if minor cardiac abnormalities such as bicuspid aortic valve are included …

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database is a comprehensive
clinical outcomes registry that captures almost all pediatric cardiac surgical operations in the …

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 …

Background Previous analyses of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac
Surgery Database have demonstrated a reduction over time of risk-adjusted operative …

Background—This article presents an update of the results achieved by modern surgery in
congenital heart defects (CHDs) over the past 40 years regarding survival and the need for …

Pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with a substantial risk of bleeding, frequently
requiring the administration of allogeneic blood products. Efforts to optimize preoperative …

Background—Gestational age at birth is a potentially important modifiable risk factor in
neonates with congenital heart disease. We evaluated the relationship between gestational …

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 The empirically derived 2014 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart
Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model incorporates adjustment for procedure type and …

Objective Contemporary outcomes data for complete atrioventricular septal defect (CAVSD)
repair are limited. We sought to describe early outcomes of CAVSD repair across a large …