Advances in congenital heart surgery.
OBJECTIVE
We provide an overview of the past year's literature on congenital heart surgery.


RESULTS
This review focuses on selected disease entities, operative techniques, perioperative management strategies, and quality of care.


CONCLUSIONS
Congenital heart surgery is an evolving field.
Welke
Karl F
KF
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. welkek@ohsu.edu
Komanapalli
Christopher
C
Shen
Irving
I
Ungerleider
Ross M
RM
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome