title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond St, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom. tsangv@gosh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Utley
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends