title: Recent advances in congenital cardiac surgery.
abstract: Today, the natural history of virtually all congenital cardiac malformations can be significantly altered by reconstruction surgery. It now appears that repair is feasible in most, very early in life, with the potential for achieving the best long-term functional outcome and minimizing multiple operations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Norwood
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pigott
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008722:Methods; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery