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Improving Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiology

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Quality in pediatric cardiology is in an evolving process where clinicians and researchers have access to large registries and databases allowing them to understand and develop more effective cardiac procedures, whilst monitoring outcomes. It is important that the information relating to outcomes is published and shared to ensure that this evolution continues and we learn from the shared international experiences. It is important that we incorporate the views and experiences of the patient and the families firmly into our quality measures and quality improvement program.

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  1. Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    Shakeel A. Qureshi MBCHB, FRCP

  2. Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    Thomas Witter RN (Child)

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Correspondence to Shakeel A. Qureshi MBCHB, FRCP .

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  1. School of Medicine,, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Paul R. Barach

  2. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery,, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, All Children’s Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, Johns Hopkins University, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Orlando, FL, USA, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Jeffery P. Jacobs

  3. School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Steven E. Lipshultz

  4. University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Peter C. Laussen

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Qureshi, S.A., Witter, T. (2015). Improving Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiology. In: Barach, P., Jacobs, J., Lipshultz, S., Laussen, P. (eds) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6566-8_15

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