Response by O'Byrne et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Effect of Obesity and Underweight Status on Perioperative Outcomes of Congenital Heart Operations in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: An Analysis of Data From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database"
Circulation. 2018 Feb 13;137(7):759.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032340.
1 Division of Cardiology and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (M.L.O'B.).
2 Leonard Davis Institute for Health Policy and Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (M.L.O'B.).
3 Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, St. Petersburg, FL (J.P.J.).
4 Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (M.L.J.).
5 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's National Health System, Department of Surgery, George Washington University of Health Sciences, Washington, DC (R.A.J.).