Congenital heart disease

Editorial

Tom Treasure. BMJ. 2004.

. 2004 Mar 13;328(7440):594-5.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.594.

No abstract available

Comment on

Survival after surgery or therapeutic catheterisation for congenital heart disease in children in the United Kingdom: analysis of the central cardiac audit database for 2000-1.
Gibbs JL, Monro JL, Cunningham D, Rickards A; Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Paediatric Cardiac Association; Alder Hey Hospital. Gibbs JL, et al. BMJ. 2004 Mar 13;328(7440):611. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38027.613403.F6. Epub 2004 Feb 24. BMJ. 2004. PMID: 14982866 Free PMC article.

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