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Comprehensive Long-Term Follow up of Adults with Arterial Switch Operation– European Collaboration for Prospective Outcome Research in Congenital Heart Disease (EPOCH-ASO)–Study Design and Protocols

Francisco Javier Ruperti-Repilado^1,#,*, Magalie Ladouceur^2,#, Pastora Gallego³, Laura Dos⁴, Joaquin Rueda Soriano⁵, Berto Bouma⁶, Harald Gabriel⁷, Markus Schwerzmann¹, Judith Bouchardy^8,9, Daniel Tobler^10,#, Matthias Greutmann^11,#

1 Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology, University Hospital Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2 Université de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Centre de référence des Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes, M3C. Inserm U970, Paris Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire, Paris, France
3 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Instituto de BioMedicina de Sevilla and CIBERCV, Sevilla, Spain
4 Unitat de Cardiopaties Congènites de l’Adolescent i l’Adult Vall d’Hebron-Sant Pau, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
5 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe and CIBERCV, València, Spain
6 Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
7 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
8 Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
9 Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
10 Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
11 University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
# These authors contributed equally to the study design, data interpretation, and manuscript preparation

* Corresponding Author: Francisco Javier Ruperti-Repilado. Email: