Excellent survival and low incidence of arrhythmias, stroke and heart failure long-term after surgical ASD closure at young age. A prospective follow-up study of 21-33 years
AIMS: Although studies have suggested good long-term results, arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular dysfunction are mentioned as sequelae long-term after surgical atrial septal defect closure at young age. Most studies were performed only by questionnaire and in a retrospective manner. The long-term outcome is very important with regard to future employment and acceptance on insurance schemes. METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-five consecutive ASD-patients, operated on in childhood, were studied longitudinally with ECG, echocardiography, exercise testing and Holter... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Schlagwörter: | Adolescent / Adult / Age Factors / Arrhythmia/etiology/mortality / Cardiac Output / Low/etiology/mortality / Cerebrovascular Accident/etiology/mortality / Child / Preschool / Female / Heart Function Tests / Heart Septal Defects / Atrial/mortality/*surgery / Humans / Incidence / Infant / Newborn / Longitudinal Studies / Male / Medical History Taking / Netherlands/epidemiology / Physical Examination / Postoperative Complications/etiology/mortality / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't / Survival Analysis / Survival Rate |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28785503 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/10094 |