Adults with congenital heart disease.

Congenital Heart Disease Surgery in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Koolbergen, M.G. Hazekamp, J.P. van Melle, T.C. Konings, L. Bellersen, D.E. A.C. Zomer, C.L. Verheugt, I. Vaartjes, C.S.P.M. Uiterwaal, M.M. Langemeijer, D.R. Surgery in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2011 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenvi...

Employment in adults with congenital heart disease.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate job participation, career-related problems, and actual job problems in adults with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) compared with adults with mild CHD and reference groups. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Patients were randomly selected from the archives of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. ...

Arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease.

UNLABELLED Patients with surgical correction of congenital cardiopathies have a high incidence of macro-reentrant arrhythmias. In previous reports the incidence of atrial fibrillation or flutter is around 20% preoperatively and increases to 10% more after surgery. In Mustard and Senning procedures the incidence could be as high as 30%. The physiopathology of these arrhythmias is due to conducti...

Surgery in adults with congenital heart disease.

BACKGROUND A significant proportion of patients with congenital heart disease require surgery in adulthood. We aimed to give an overview of the prevalence, distribution, and outcome of cardiovascular surgery for congenital heart disease. We specifically questioned whether the effects of surgical treatment on subsequent long-term survival depend on sex. METHODS AND RESULTS From the Dutch Conge...

Management of adults with congenital heart disease.