Are preoperative B-type natriuretic peptide levels associated with outcome after pulmonary artery banding and the double switch operation in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: A pilot study

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From the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif; Pediatric Heart Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; and Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif. This study was made possible by funding from the Pediatric Heart Center Research Program, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Stanford CTSA (grant number UL1 RR025744). Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication April 17, 2014; revisions received June 17, 2014; accepted for publication July 7, 2014; available ahead of print Aug 16, 2014. Address for reprints: Danton S. Char, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, H3580, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 (E-mail: dchar@stanford.edu). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;148:2434-6 0022-5223/$36.00 Copyright 2014 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.003