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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 16, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(11):1268-1269; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl020
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Euro Heart Survey on adult congenital heart disease: concern for the complexity of care

Natasja M.S. de Groot* and Martin J. Schalij

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

* Corresponding author. Tel: +31 71 5262020; Fax: +31 71 5226567. E-mail address: n.m.s.de_groot@lumc.nl

This editorial refers to ‘Delivery of care for adult patients with congenital heart disease in Europe: results from the Euro Heart Survey’{dagger} by P. Moons et al., on page 1324

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Management of adults with congenital heart defects
Progress in paediatric cardiac surgery over the last decades resulted in a growing number of adult patients with (surgical corrected) congenital heart defects. Most of these patients require lifelong care, as the long-term outcome of the complex surgical procedures is often complicated by heart failure, atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, or endocarditis.1 In addition, surgical re-interventions are frequently necessary in case of, for example, obstruction of conduits or residual defects. Taking into account the complexity of the late post-operative sequelae, adequate monitoring and care for the adult patient . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Importance of the complexity of congenital heart defects
Care of adults with congenital heart disease: future research

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