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Eighty survivors were followed up, and the health-related quality of life of the survivors was evaluated with the PedsQL, version 4.0.<\/p><p><b>Results:<\/b> There were 6 hospital deaths. The mean (SD) follow-up interval was 3.5 \ufffd 2.3 years, and the mean age at last visit was 7.0 \ufffd 1.2 years. Two late deaths occurred, and 8 patients were lost to follow-up. Patients who underwent a corrective ASO at an older age showed acceptable scores for all scales, and they were all comparable with those of a healthy population.<\/p><p><b>Conclusions:<\/b> Our data suggest that the quality of life of children who undergo a corrective ASO at an older age (>6 months) is acceptable, compared with that of healthy children in China.<\/p><\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1532\/hsf98.20111126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,4,27]],"date-time":"2012-04-27T22:44:09Z","timestamp":1335566649000},"page":"103","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Quality of Life after Children Undergo a Radical Arterial Switch Operation at an Older Age"],"prefix":"10.31083","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Jing-bin","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yong-tao","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiao-dong","family":"Lv","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"16242","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,4,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"350","DOI":"10.1136\/hrt.2006.100388","article-title":"Long-term oral bosentan treatment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart disease: a 2-year study","volume":"93","author":"S. 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