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The care for adults with congenital heart disease: organization and function of a grown-up congenital heart disease unit.
Giamberti, Alessandro; Varrica, Alessandro; Pomè, Giuseppe; Micheletti, Angelo; Negura, Diana; Ranucci, Marco; Carminati, Mario; Frigiola, Alessandro; Chessa, Massimo.
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  • Giamberti A; Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, San Donato M.se (Mi) 20097, Italy.
  • Varrica A; Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, San Donato M.se (Mi) 20097, Italy.
  • Pomè G; Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, San Donato M.se (Mi) 20097, Italy.
  • Micheletti A; Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato M.se (Mi), Italy.
  • Negura D; Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato M.se (Mi), Italy.
  • Ranucci M; Department of Cardio-Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato M.se (Mi), Italy.
  • Carminati M; Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato M.se (Mi), Italy.
  • Frigiola A; Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, San Donato M.se (Mi) 20097, Italy.
  • Chessa M; Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato M.se (Mi), Italy.
Eur Heart J Suppl ; 18(Suppl E): E15-E18, 2016 Apr 28.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28533710
Thanks to the improvement of surgical and interventional cardiac procedures, the majority of children with congenital heart defects (CHD) can now be expected to reach adulthood. The number of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) will inevitably increase, and recent data affirm that in Europe, we are actually faced with an estimated patient population of 2.3 million. These patients, particularly the adults with moderate and highly complex CHD, can be very difficult to manage, and should be treated in few experienced and specialized 'grown-up congenital heart disease' (GUCH) units, concentrating resources, patients, funding, and professional experiences. On 2000, we created a GUCH unit in our hospital that rapidly became a referral centre in Italy for number and complexity of patients treated. The present study is a presentation of how is organized our GUCH unit and a brief overview of our more recent experience with ACHD patients.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Eur Heart J Suppl Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia

Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Eur Heart J Suppl Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia