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European Heart Journal 2003 24(23):2159; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.06.009
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Letter to the Editor

Psychosocial functioning of adults with congenital heart disease: a neglected area

Muzahir H. Tayebjee and Gregory Y.H. Lip*

City Hospital, BirminghamUK

* Correspondence to: Professor G. Y. H. Lip, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK. Tel: +44 121 507 5080; Fax: +44 121 554 4083
E-mail address: g.y.h.lip@bham.ac.uk

Received 22 April 2003; accepted 20 June 2003

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We read with great interest the paper by van Rijen et al. on the psychosocial functioning of adults with congenital heart disease,1but feel that the importance of their paper has been underplayed. It is estimated that 1% of all live births have congenital heart disease,2and that in the United . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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