Juan Villafane1, Thomas C. Edwards2, Karim A. Diab3, Gary M. Satou4, Elizabeth Saarel5, Wyman W. Lai6, Gerald A. Serwer7, Peter P. Karpawich8, Russell Cross9, Russell Schiff10, Devyani Chowdhury11, Thomas J. Hougen12
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.6, pp. 762-767, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12523
Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to develop quality metrics (QMs) relating to the ambulatory care of children after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).
Design: A workgroup team (WT) of pediatric cardiologists with expertise in all aspects of ambulatory cardiac management was formed at the request of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
and the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Council (ACPC), to review published guidelines
and consensus data relating to the ambulatory care of repaired TOF patients under the age of 18
years. A set of quality metrics (QMs) was proposed by the WT. The metrics… More >
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