Key result
Adult congenital heart disease will increase ~25% this decade, resulting in more adult than pediatric surgeries.
Population
Patients with adult congenital heart disease
Design
Review
Authors
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May prompt expansion of adult congenital heart services; leaves open optimal training and resource models for this demographic shift.
Highlights the demographic shift in congenital heart disease surgery, with adult patients expected to outnumber pediatric patients.
James L. Monro (2005) studied this question. Adult congenital heart disease is expected to increase by 25% this decade, resulting in more congenital heart surgeries in patients over 16 years of age than under by 2010.
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