Children and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Lost to Follow-Up
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Children and adults with congenital heart disease lost to follow-up: who and when?
BACKGROUND Many patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) require lifelong care. However, the duration of cardiology follow-up in children and adults with CHD is unknown. We sought to determine the proportion of children and young adults with CHD receiving outpatient cardiology care and to identify predictors of lack of follow-up. METHODS AND RESULTS The study population consisted of indiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.839464