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Optimizing patient care and outcomes through the congenital heart center of the 21st century

Jeffery B. Anderson¹, Devyani Chowdhury², Jean A. Connor³, Curt J. Daniels⁴, Craig E. Fleishman⁵, Michael Gaies⁶, Jeffrey Jacobs^7,8, John Kugler⁹, Nicolas Madsen¹, Robert H. Beekman⁶, Stacey Lihn¹⁰, Kay Stewart-Huey¹¹, Robert Vincent¹¹, Robert Campbell¹¹

1 Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2 Cardiology Care for Children, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4 Nationwide Children’s, Columbus, Ohio, USA
5 The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA
6 University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
7 Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
8 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
9 Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
10 Sisters-by-Heart, El Segundo, California, USA
11Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

* Corresponding Author: Jeffrey B. Anderson, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, ML 2003, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Email: