Adult Congenital Heart Surgery

Risk stratification for adult congenital heart surgery.

OBJECTIVE At this moment, no risk stratification models are available for adult congenital cardiac surgery. This study aims to identify a suitable stratification tool for the adult congenital heart surgery population. Pediatric congenital cardiac surgery score models were therefore tested in an adult congenital population. In addition, an age component was added to these models and performance ...

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Changing practice of cardiac surgery in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Objectives: To review 13 years’ data from a unit for grown ups with congenital heart disease (GUCH) to understand the change in surgical practice. Methods: Records were reviewed of patients over 16 years of age undergoing surgery between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 2002 in a dedicated GUCH unit. Patients with atrial septal defects were included but not those with Marfan’s syndrome or undergo...

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Adult Congenital Heart Disease