Abstract
Before the era of cardiac surgery about half of the patients born with a congenital heart defect died within the first year of life. Survival until adulthood was very rare for patients with transposition of the great arteries (20 years survival <1 %), rare with tetralogy of Fallot (20 years survival <10%) and although survival beyond two decades was more common for patients with atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis, their life expectancy also was considerably reduced.
Original language | English |
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Award date | 24 May 1995 |
Place of Publication | [Rotterdam] |
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Print ISBNs | 978-90-90-08271-4 |
Publication status | Published - 24 May 1995 |
Keywords
- cardiac surgery
- cardiology
- childhood
- congenital heart disease
- infancy
- long-term outcome