Key result
Survival of children with congenital heart disease has increased to over 90%, shifting the patient population towards adulthood and necessitating integrated, multidisciplinary care.
Why the study?
With more than 90% of children with CHD now surviving into adulthood, the prevalence of CHD has shifted toward adulthood, presenting rising numbers, disease heterogeneity, and complex clinical challenges.
Highlights the dramatic improvement in CHD survival and the resulting need for specialized adult congenital heart disease care.
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Supports adult CHD program expansion now; leaves optimal lifelong care models open to prospective study.
Brida et al. (2020) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease. Survival of children with congenital heart disease has increased to over 90%, shifting the patient population towards adulthood and necessitating integrated, multidisciplinary care.
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