The Pediatric Heart Network Recognized in the American Heart Association Top Ten Advances in Cardiovascular Research in 2010

NERI is the PHN Data Coordinating Center.

6. Hopeful new procedure for infants with congenital heart disease

The Pediatric Heart Network’s randomized trial of Norwood shunt types in infants with single-ventricle lesions showed that the type of shunt used makes a difference in outcomes. Better transplantation-free survival at 12 months is a possibility with this new understanding of the better shunt choice for these patients. This was the first large-scale randomized trial in congenital heart surgery, offering an approach that should provide answers to other questions in the future.

Pediatric Heart Network Investigators – New England Journal of Medicine, May 27, 2010; N Engl J Med; 362:1980-1992. www.nejm.org; Funding: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. (2010). Organic Top research highlighted in fight against heart disease and stroke. Retrieved from http://www.newsroom.heart.org/index.php?s=43&item=1231.

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