The need for cardiac follow-up in adults with mild congenital cardiac disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 474-478

  Kamphuis, Mascha ^a,b,c   Vliegen, Hubert W ^a,b   Vogels, Ton ^c   Zwinderman, Koos H ^e   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a,b   Verloove Vanhorick, S Pauline ^a,b,c   Ottenkamp, Jaap ^a,b,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Paediatric Cardiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grown up congenital heart disease; Health related quality of life; Heart defect

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1942425876     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000811     Document Type: Article

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