Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 11 No. 1-2, 2016.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.38
Sixteen Years of Systematic Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease – The experience of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mirtka Koželj
; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Katja Prokšelj
; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jure Dolenc
; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Andraž Cerar
; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tomaž Podnar
; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The management of 1623 adult patients with congenital heart disease in a 16-year followup period at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana is described herein. The mean patient age at the time of admission was 32±14.8 years (mean ± standard deviation; SD). The distribution of congenital heart disease, treatment, and mortality is presented. During the observation period, the mortality rate was 3.82%. The spectrum of congenital heart disease and the mortality rate in Slovenia correspond with data from the European Heart Survey. Care of pregnant women with heart disease is carried out by the same team of specialists as is care of patients with congenital heart disease.
Keywords
congenital heart disease; adults
Hrčak ID:
153650
URI
Publication date:
23.2.2016.
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