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Congenital heart disease in the general population: changing prevalence and age distributionAriane J Marelli
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease, McGill University Health Center, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4
Circulation 115:163-72. 2007..We determined the prevalence, age distribution, and proportion of adults and children with severe and other forms of CHD in the general population from 1985 to 2000...
Planning the specialized care of adult congenital heart disease patients: from numbers to guidelines; an epidemiologic approachAriane J Marelli
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence MAUDE Unit, Montreal, Canada
Am Heart J 157:1-8. 2009..In conclusion, we demonstrate that 1 regional ACHD center for a population of 2.0 million adults appears to be closer to what is required for improving access to specialized care for patients with ACHD in the United States and Canada...
Sex differences in mortality in children undergoing congenital heart disease surgery: a United States population-based studyAriane Marelli
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Circulation 122:S234-40. 2010..We sought to investigate sex differences in CHD surgical mortality in children...
From numbers to guidelinesAriane J Marelli
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease MAUDE Unit, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 53:239-46. 2011..We highlight the manpower needs and the importance of an appropriately trained cardiology workforce to provide ACHD care. Finally, we review recommended health care systems ideally suited to deliver care to this population...
Changing mortality in congenital heart diseasePaul Khairy
Adult Congenital Heart Center, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:1149-57. 2010..This study sought to characterize temporal trends in all-cause mortality in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD)...
Health care resource utilization in adults with congenital heart diseaseAndrew S Mackie
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am J Cardiol 99:839-43. 2007..08, 95% CI 2.00 to 2.17). In conclusion, adults with CHD have high rates of health care resource utilization, particularly those with severe lesions. Appropriate resource allocation is required to serve this growing population...
Hospital readmissions in children with congenital heart disease: a population-based studyAndrew S Mackie
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence MAUDE Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am Heart J 155:577-84. 2008..We sought to determine rates and risk factors for hospital readmission within 1 month among children with CHD...
Atrial arrhythmias in adult patients with right- versus left-sided congenital heart disease anomaliesMartin Bernier
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am J Cardiol 106:547-51. 2010..In conclusion, patients with right-sided lesions had a greater lifetime burden of AAs. However, their morbidity and mortality were no less than those with left-sided lesions, although the rate of intervention was substantially different...
Atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart diseaseJudith Bouchardy
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence, McGill University Health Center and the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Circulation 120:1679-86. 2009..Adults with congenital heart lesions constitute a rapidly growing group of patients with cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that atrial arrhythmias increase with age and impair health outcomes in this population...
Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in the congenital heart disease adult population impact on outcomesBoris S Lowe
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Coll Cardiol 58:538-46. 2011..The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on mortality, morbidity, and health services utilization (HSU) in an adult congenital heart disease (CHD) population...
Geriatric congenital heart disease: burden of disease and predictors of mortalityJonathan Afilalo
Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Coll Cardiol 58:1509-15. 2011..The study sought to measure the prevalence, disease burden, and determinants of mortality in geriatric adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD)...
Prevalence of severe congenital heart disease after folic acid fortification of grain products: time trend analysis in Quebec, CanadaRaluca Ionescu-Ittu
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
BMJ 338:b1673. 2009..To investigate whether the 1998 government policy for mandatory fortification of flour and pasta products with folate was followed by a reduction in the prevalence of severe congenital heart defects...
Valvular operations in patients with congenital heart disease: increasing rates from 1988 to 2005Raluca Ionescu-Ittu
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence MAUDE Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ann Thorac Surg 90:1563-9. 2010..We hypothesized that changes in rates of congenital, valvular, and noncongenital surgical operations in congenital heart patients varied with age and disease severity over the last two decades...
Coarctation of the aorta and coronary artery disease: fact or fiction?Idan Roifman
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Circulation 126:16-21. 2012..However, our clinical observations do not support this premise. Our objectives were to describe the prevalence of CAD among adults with CoA and to determine whether CoA is an independent predictor of CAD or premature CAD...
Children and adults with congenital heart disease lost to follow-up: who and when?Andrew S Mackie
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Circulation 120:302-9. 2009..We sought to determine the proportion of children and young adults with CHD receiving outpatient cardiology care and to identify predictors of lack of follow-up...
Clinical use of electrocardiography in adults with congenital heart diseasePaul Khairy
Adult Congenital Heart Center, Montreal Heart Institute, , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Circulation 116:2734-46. 2007
Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2009 Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: introductionAriane Marelli
McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Can J Cardiol 26:e65-9. 2010..The complete document and references can also be found at www.ccs.ca or www.cachnet.org...
