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Development of quality metrics for ambulatory pediatric cardiology: Transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation

Carissa M. Baker-Smith¹, Karina Carlson², Jose Ettedgui³, Takeshi Tsuda⁴, K. Anitha Jayakumar⁵, Matthew Park⁶, Nikola Tede⁷, Karen Uzark⁸, Craig Fleishman⁹, David Connuck¹⁰, Maggie Likes¹¹, Daniel J. Penny¹²

1 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
4 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
5 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
6 Pediatrix Medical Group - Northwest Children’s Heart Care, Tacoma, Washington, USA
7 California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
8 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, Missouri, USA
9 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA
10 Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA
11 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
12 Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

* Corresponding Author: Carissa M. Baker-Smith, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 S. Paca Street, 7th floor, Baltimore, MD 21201. Email: