ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2011
Congenital heart defects in adulthood.
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- [Monocentric cohort analysis of anaesthesiological management of pregnant women with congenital heart disease].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Article
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- Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to definitive repair in an adult with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot: a case report.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Symptoms of post-traumatic distress and quality of life in adults with aortopathy and congenital heart defects or hereditary connective tissue diseases.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of the CHDSI Questionnaire: A New Tool for Measuring Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Cancer mortality in children surviving congenital heart interventions: A study from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2024Article
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- Tissue engineering: Relevance to neonatal congenital heart disease.Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine · 2022Review
- Adults Born Preterm–Long-Term Health Risks of Former Very Low Birth Weight Infants.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Article
- Optimizing Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a Conjoint Analysis Based on a Nationwide Sample of Patients Included in the German National Register.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a polyurethane-reinforced hydrogel patch in a rat right ventricle wall replacement model.Acta biomaterialia · 2020Article
- Transition in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany: Results of a Nationwide Patient Survey.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2017Article
- Injectable tissue engineered pulmonary heart valve implantation into the pig model: A feasibility study.Medical science monitor basic research · 2015Article
- The risk of cancer in patients with congenital heart disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Taiwan.PloS one · 2015Article
- Congenital heart defects in adults. Organization not well enough explained.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundMore than 90% of children with congenital heart defects now survive into adulthood; just a few decades ago, survival was rare, particularly among patients with complex defects. The new population of adults with congenital heart disease presents a special challenge to physicians from all of the involved specialties.
methodsSelective literature review. RESULTS AND
conclusionA complete cure of the congenital heart defect in childhood is exceptional, and most adult patients continue to suffer from residual problems and sequelae. Further surgery or catheter interventions may be needed. Potential late complications include arrhythmias, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, endocarditis, and thromboembolic events. The management of these patients during pregnancy or non-cardiac surgery remains a challenge. If this evolving patient population is to receive the best possible care, the adequate provision of specialized medical services is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition: patients and their referring physicians will also need to be aware that these services are available, and then actually make use of them. Moreover, optimal communication among all of the involved physicians is essential.
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