Trends in Hospitalizations for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the U.S.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-467

  Opotowsky, Alexander R ^a   Siddiqi, Omar K ^a   Webb, Gary D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; cardiac surgery; congenital heart disease; epidemiology; hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650552605     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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