Provides a framework for the outpatient follow-up of children with complex congenital heart disease after surgery.
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May guide follow-up of complex pediatric CHD; leaves open prospective validation of strategies.
An increasingly complex group of children is now being followed as outpatients after surgery for congenital heart disease. A variety of complications and physiologic perturbations, both expected and unexpected, may present during follow-up, and should be anticipated by the practitioner and discussed with the patient and family. The purpose of this position article is to provide a framework for outpatient follow-up of complex congenital heart disease, based on a review of current literature and the experience of the authors.
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Wernovsky et al. (2006) conducted a review in Complex congenital heart disease. Outpatient management framework was evaluated. This position article provides a framework for the outpatient follow-up of children with complex congenital heart disease based on current literature and expert experience.
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