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Congenital heart disease in the adult
Author(s) -
LINDE LEONARD M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1993.tb03095.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , disease , heart disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , cardiology
With improved medical and surgical care, more patients with congenital heart disease are now surviving to adulthood and presenting with previously unobserved problems. This review discusses the course of older operated and unoperated patients as far as physical and psychosocial problems and suggests methods of dealing with these previously unencountered clinical situations.