Evidence-Based Medicine Comes of Age in Pediatric Cardiology

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 61; no. 25; pp. 2565 - 2567
• Main Authors: Pearson, Gail D., Kaltman, Jonathan R., Lauer, Michael S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 25.06.2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Autism; Babies; Budgets; Cardiology; Cardiology - methods; Cardiology - trends; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - surgery; Child; Children & youth; Clinical trials; congenital heart disease; congenital heart surgery; Evidence-based medicine; Evidence-Based Medicine - methods; Evidence-Based Medicine - trends; Heart; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis; Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Humans; Medical treatment; Medicine; Mortality; Pediatrics - methods; Pediatrics - trends; pediatric cardiovascular research; Physiology; Studies; B2B; NHLBI; congenital heart surgery; PHN; congenital heart disease; pediatric cardiovascular research; GUID; PCGC; NIH; CHD; Bench to Bassinet Program; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health; Global Unique Identifier; Pediatric Cardiac Genomics Consortium; Pediatric Heart Network
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.054

Outcomes have improved significantly in pediatric cardiovascular disease in recent decades. The challenge now is to sustain these advances through innovative clinical trials, fundamental molecular investigations, genetics and genomics, and outreach to families, emphasizing the importance of participating in research. We describe several such efforts and provide a vision of the future for pediatric cardiovascular research.