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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 ...
Dennison Young, Herbert Mark
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Congenital heart disease in adults
BMJ, 2016#### What you need to know Heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting nine in 1000 babies born in the United Kingdom. The spectrum of the underlying lesions ranges from a simple septal defect to more complex structural abnormalities. Most of those born with cardiac defects lead active lives and survive well into late adulthood.
Shay Cullen, Fiona Walker, Bejal Pandya
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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.
Robert B. Dawes +4 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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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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Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998Abstract The population of adults with congenital heart disease is large and growing. This group has a high rate of health resource utilization, including hospital admissions. It is predicted that this will only continue to grow as more individuals with moderate and complex congenital heart disease age into middle and late adulthood. Adult congenital
Louise E.J. Thomson +5 more
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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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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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Congenital heart disease in the adult
2010Abstract Adults with congenital heart disease are a growing population, and now outnumber children with congenital heart disease in the United Kingdom. Many patients with repaired hearts can now, with specialist care, expect to live a normal or near normal lifespan. Other survivors have complex, surgically altered hearts and circulations
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Evaluation of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 2016The clinical approach to adults with congenital heart diseases (ACHDs) is unique in cardiovascular medicine because these patients encompass a broad range of presentations. Each patient, despite having similar diagnosis, will be anatomically and physiologically unlike others within ACHD population, in relation to the type of repair, age at repair ...
Graziani, Francesca +1 more
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