| pubmed-article:20667353 | pubmed:abstractText | Initiatives to develop Adult Congenital Centers for management of grown-up congenital heart disease (GUCH) patients (aged >/=18 years) have widened without evidence identifying the ideal clinical environment. To elucidate the optimum care paradigm, we investigated whether mortality for patients with GUCH was influenced by the type of hospital where they had surgery, children's specialty hospital (CH) versus general hospital (GH), and by the clinical focus of the surgeon, congenital heart surgery (CHS) or noncongenital (adult acquired) heart surgery (NCHS). | lld:pubmed |
