Quality of life of adult congenital heart disease patients: A systematic review of the literature

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 473-485

  Fteropoulli, Theodora ^a   Stygall, Jan ^a   Cullen, Shay ^b   Deanfield, John ^b   Newman, Stanton P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult; adults with congenital heart disease; congenital heart disease; GUCH; Quality of life; severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880241441     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112002351     Document Type: Review

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