title: The nomenclature, definition and classification of discordant atrioventricular connections.
abstract: During the process of creation of a bidirectional crossmap between the system emerging, on the one hand, from the initiative sponsored by the Congenital Heart Committees of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and on the other hand, from that formulated by the Coding Committee of the European Association for Pediatric Cardiology, the Nomenclature Working Group has successfully created the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code. As would be expected, during the process of crossmapping it became clear that, for most lesions, the European Pediatric Cardiac Code was more complete in its description of the diagnoses, while the International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project was more complete in its description of the procedures. This process of crossmapping exemplifies the efforts of the Nomenclature Working Group to create a comprehensive and all-inclusive international system for the naming of paediatric and congenital cardiac disease, the International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code. Although names and classification for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease will continue to evolve over time, we are now closer than ever to reaching uniform international agreement and standardization. The International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code can be downloaded from the Internet, free of charge, at www.ipccc. net.
authors: The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), USA. JeffJacobs@msn.com
authors: Jeffrey P
authors: JP
authors: Jacobs
authors: Rodney C G
authors: RC
authors: Franklin
authors: James L
authors: JL
authors: Wilkinson
authors: Andrew D
authors: AD
authors: Cochrane
authors: Tom R
authors: TR
authors: Karl
authors: Vera D
authors: VD
authors: Aiello
authors: Marie J
authors: MJ
authors: Béland
authors: Steven D
authors: SD
authors: Colan
authors: Martin J
authors: MJ
authors: Elliott
authors: J William
authors: JW
authors: Gaynor
authors: Otto N
authors: ON
authors: Krogmann
authors: Hiromi
authors: H
authors: Kurosawa
authors: Bohdan
authors: B
authors: Maruszewski
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Stellin
authors: Christo I
authors: CI
authors: Tchervenkov
authors: Paul M
authors: PM
authors: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery