Access or excess? Examining the argument for regionalized cardiac care

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¹ Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: karamlt@ccf.org.
² Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Robert and Ann Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
⁴ Division of Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC; Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC.
⁵ Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.

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Tara Karamlou et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Sep.

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. 2020 Sep;160(3):813-819.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.12.125. Epub 2020 May 29.

¹ Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: karamlt@ccf.org.
² Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Robert and Ann Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
⁴ Division of Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC; Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC.
⁵ Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.

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