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Comprehensive comparative outcomes in children with congenital heart disease: The rationale for the Congenital Catheterization Research Collaborative

Christopher J. Petit¹, Athar M. Qureshi², Andrew C. Glatz³, Courtney E. McCracken¹, Michael Kelleman¹, George T. Nicholson⁴, Jeffery J. Meadows⁵, Shabana Shahanavaz⁶, Jeffrey D. Zampi⁷, Mark A. Law⁸, Joelle A. Pettus¹, Bryan H. Goldstein⁹

1 Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
2 Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
3 The Cardiac Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4 Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
5 Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
6 Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
7 Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
8 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s of Alabama, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
9 The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

* Corresponding Author: Christopher J. Petit, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 1405 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. Email: