No abstract was published with this document — society guidelines, consensus pathways, and scientific statements are typically released without one. See the Key Points and the linked PDF for the full content.
“One of the key messages of this document is ... that [congenital heart disease] is a lifelong disease. We are in the happy situation that [most of our patients with congenital heart disease now survive into adulthood], but most of them are not cured and require lifelong follow-up in order to recognize any complications timely and deal with them adequately.”
Baumgartner et al. (Fri,) studied this question.