Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Growing Epidemic

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2014, Pages S410-S419

  Ávila, Pablo ^a   Mercier, Lise Andrée ^a   Dore, Annie ^a   Marcotte, François ^a   Mongeon, François Pierre ^a   Ibrahim, Reda ^a   Asgar, Anita ^a   Miro, Joaquim ^a   Andelfinger, Gregor ^a   Mondésert, Blandine ^a   de Guise, Pierre ^a   Poirier, Nancy ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CARDIAC SURGEON; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EPIDEMIC; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TEAMWORK; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INCIDENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84922601006     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.749     Document Type: Review

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