Facts about the General Medical Care of Adults with Congenital Heart Defects: Experience of a Tertiary Care Center

Facts about the General Medical Care of Adults with Congenital Heart Defects: Experience of a Tertiary Care Center

<i>Background</i>: Due to the increase in survival rates for congenital heart disease (CHD) in the last decades, over 90% of patients today reach adulthood. Currently, there are more than 300,000 adults with CHD (ACHD) living in Germany. They have an increased need for specialized medica...

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Main Authors:	Lavinia Seidel, Kathrin Nebel, Stephan Achenbach, Ulrike Bauer, Peter Ewert, Sebastian Freilinger, Ulrike Gundlach, Harald Kaemmerer, Nicole Nagdyman, Renate Oberhoffer, Lars Pieper, Wibke Reinhard, Linda Sanftenberg, Jörg Schelling, Michael Weyand, Rhoia Neidenbach
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:	adults with congenital heart disease primary health care general practitioners medical health care characteristics in congenital heart defects real world data
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/6/1943

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