TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term and developmental outcomes of children with complex congenital heart disease
AU - Brown, Matthew D.
AU - Wernovsky, Gil
AU - Mussatto, Kathy A.
AU - Berger, Stuart
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - As short-term survival of complex CHD continues to improve dramatically with advances in medical and surgical treatment, further efforts must be made to understand the long-term outcomes of our efforts. As survival continues to improve, cardiovascular morbidity and, equally importantly, neurodevelopmental and social outcomes must be a continual focus in our treatment of these complex patients. Further study of these effects is underway, and more is certainly warranted. Understanding should lead to modification of current techniques and management strategies, all with the ultimate goal of improving our patients' quality of life.
AB - As short-term survival of complex CHD continues to improve dramatically with advances in medical and surgical treatment, further efforts must be made to understand the long-term outcomes of our efforts. As survival continues to improve, cardiovascular morbidity and, equally importantly, neurodevelopmental and social outcomes must be a continual focus in our treatment of these complex patients. Further study of these effects is underway, and more is certainly warranted. Understanding should lead to modification of current techniques and management strategies, all with the ultimate goal of improving our patients' quality of life.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clp.2005.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.clp.2005.09.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16325677
AN - SCOPUS:28444495484
SN - 0095-5108
VL - 32
SP - 1043
EP - 1057
JO - Clinics in Perinatology
JF - Clinics in Perinatology
IS - 4
ER -
