Improved medical care of congenital heart disease patients increased survival into
adulthood from 15% in the 1960s to over 85% in the current era. As a consequence, the …

This editorial refers to 'Congenital heart disease beyond the age of 60: emergence of a new
population with high resource utilization, high morbidity, and high mortality'†, by O. Turatel et …

As a result of improvements in care for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD),> 90%
of children born with CHD are expected to survive to adulthood. For those adults, heart …

The past 60 years have brought remarkable advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of
congenital heart disease (CHD). Early diagnosis and improvements in cardiac surgery and …

Objective Limited contemporary data exist regarding outcomes and resource use among
adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure (ACHD-HF). This study compared …

The tremendous improvement in life expectancy of patients born with a heart defect has
prompted health-care institutions and individual health-care providers to develop facilities …

Congenital heart disease (CHD) encompasses all malformations of the heart that occur in
utero and exist at birth and is estimated to affect at least 8.1 per 1000 live births. 1 The …

Today most patients with congenital heart defects (CHD) survive into adulthood.
Unfortunately, despite relevant residua and sequels, follow-up care of adults with congenital …

Heart failure (HF) represents the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adult patients
with congenital heart disease. The nature of underlying congenital heart disease has …

Heart failure (HF) in the United States is well recognized as a major public health problem,
with over 900,000 hospital admissions annually in the United States, and greater than …