Best practices in managing transition to adulthood for adolescents with congenital heart disease: The transition process and medical and psychosocial issues: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1454-1485

  Sable, Craig ^a   Foster, Elyse ^a   Uzark, Karen ^a   Bjornsen, Katherine ^a   Canobbio, Mary M ^a   Connolly, Heidi M ^a   Graham, Thomas P ^a   Gurvitz, Michelle Z ^a   Kovacs, Adrienne ^a   Meadows, Alison K ^a   Reid, Graham J ^a   Reiss, John G ^a   Rosenbaum, Kenneth N ^a   Sagerman, Paul J ^a   Saidi, Arwa ^a   Schonberg, Rhonda ^a   Shah, Sangeeta ^a   Tong, Elizabeth ^a   Williams, Roberta G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adolescence; AHA Scientific Statements; heart defects, congenital; patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79954628860     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182107c56     Document Type: Article

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