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Parental anxiety before invasive cardiac procedure in children with congenital heart disease: Contributing factors and consequences

Oscar Werner¹, Fedoua El Louali², Virginie Fouilloux³, Pascal Amedro^1,4, Caroline Ovaert^2,5

1 Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Department, M3C Regional Reference CHD Centre, University Hospital, Montpellier, France
2 Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, M3C Regional Reference CHD Centre, University Hospital, Marseille, France
3 Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Marseille, France
4 PHYMEDEXP, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
5 Marseille Medical Genetics, INSERM UMR 1251, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France

* Corresponding Author: Oscar Werner, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Department, Montpellier University Hospital, 371 Avenue du Doyen Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France. Email: