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Cardiac arrhythmias are the leading cause of emergency admissions in adult congenital heart disease patients, following a dramatic improvement in long-term survival over the past 20 years.
Cardiac arrhythmias are a leading cause of emergency admissions in adult congenital heart disease patients, necessitating advanced mapping and management strategies.
Highlights arrhythmias as key morbidity in surviving ACHD patients; leaves open optimal prevention strategies.
Advances in the treatment of complex congenital heart disease over the past 20 years have led to a dramatic improvement in long-term survival.1 However, the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias as a sequel of palliative heart surgery has also increased significantly in adolescent and adult survivors of congenital heart disease surgery.1,2 Cardiac arrhythmias are the leading cause of emergency admissions in adult congenital heart disease patients with or without surgical intervention.3
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Pflaumer et al. (2007) conducted a review in Complex Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiac arrhythmias are the leading cause of emergency admissions in adult congenital heart disease patients, following a dramatic improvement in long-term survival over the past 20 years.
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