3/2007Care of the patient with congenital heart disease– this is no longer the solitary pediatrician’s problem

JOANNA KWIATKOWSKA (Klinika Kardiologii Dziecięcej i Wad Wrodzonych Serca Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku; Kierownik: prof. dr hab. med. Jan Ereciński)

Background
Advances in pediatric cardiology and surgery have enabled patients with congenital heart defects (CHD) to survive into adult life and this kind of patient’s population is still growing up. In 1990 at the 22nd Bethesda Conference this new speciality was formally recognised.

Material and methods
The data of 602 patients with congenital heart defect who were under our Department care between 1995 and 2006 were involved into the study. The age range was 18–50 years (mean 27 years).

Results
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Key words: congenital heart defects, long follow-up