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Congenital heart disease in the adult
The American Journal of Cardiology, 1965Abstract Events in the natural course of 310 adult patients with proved significant congenital cardiac anomalies have been reviewed to determine incidence, longevity, complications and cause of death. Atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus were the most frequently encountered lesions and comprised over one third of the entire series ...
H, MARK, D, YOUNG
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Congenital heart disease in adults
The American Journal of Surgery, 1966Abstract A series of forty-one patients who have attained adulthood despite significant hemodynamic congenital heart defects is presented. Thirty-four have undergone open heart methods and seven, closed heart procedures. Only one death occurred in the series, a mortality of 2.4 per cent. Two patients had complications but survived.
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Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiology Clinics, 2020As the population of adult congenital heart disease patients ages and grows, so too does the burden of heart failure in this population. Despite the advances in medical and surgical therapies over the last decades, heart failure in adult congenital heart disease remains a formidable complication with high morbidity and mortality. This review focuses on
Luke J, Burchill +3 more
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Anesthesia and Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2006ONGENITAL HEART DISEASES (CHDs) are common pathologies because they occur in 0.5% to 1% of births; among them, complex malformations are less frequent (0.15% of births).1 The major advances made over the past 30 years in congenital cardiac surgery have resulted in an increased number of children born with heart disease who enjoy long-term survival; 85%
Chassot, Pierre-Guy, Bettex, Dominique A
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Pregnancy in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Current Cardiology Reports, 2013Cardiac disease in pregnancy is a challenging health care problem. The number of cases and their complexity is increasing, such that heart disease is now the leading cause of maternal mortality in developed countries. Numerically, women with congenital heart disease (CHD) make up the majority of cases and although maternal mortality is infrequent, a ...
Roos-Hesselink, J. W. +2 more
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The adult with congenital heart disease
Current Problems in Cardiology, 1989Internal medicine cardiovascular specialists and internists are going to be seeing increasing numbers of adult patients with congenital heart malformations, and most of them will have had one or more surgical or therapeutic catheter procedures. The nonsurgical cases will have either benign defects or important but inoperable anomalies, or the physician
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Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2014Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients represent a special population in modern cardiology: though their numbers are growing, and they represent a high-resource utilization subgroup, a robust evidence-base of randomized trials is lacking. Much of the standard therapy is adapted from the treatment of ischemic and idiopathic left ventricle ...
Ada, Stefanescu +2 more
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Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiology Clinics, 2020Technical and medical improvements for congenital cardiac disease in children have contributed to an increasing population of patients who survive into adulthood. These patients may be prone to progression of their native palliated disease or suffer from sequelae of their childhood repair that requires repeat surgical intervention.
Tracy, Geoffrion, Stephanie, Fuller
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Congenital heart disease in the adult
Pediatrics International, 1993AbstractWith improved medical and surgical care, more patients with congenital heart disease are now surviving to adulthood and presenting with previously unobserved problems. This review discusses the course of older operated and unoperated patients as far as physical and psychosocial problems and suggests methods of dealing with these previously ...
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Adult congenital heart disease
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2011SummaryFor a decade now, it has been recognized that optimal management of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) requires a skilled multidisciplinary team. The size and complexity of the population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are increasing.
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