Adult congenital heart disease: Past, present, and future

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-706

  Moodie, Douglas ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Age factors; Congenital therapy; Continuity of patient care standards; Heart defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858275486     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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