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Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease

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The adult congenital heart disease (CHD) population is becoming increasingly prevalent. Approximately 6 per 1,000 live births in the United States are affected by complex CHD, and as many as 75 per 1,000 live births have simple lesions such as ventricular septal defects [1]. Improved medical and surgical care has decreased early and late mortality resulting in the increased number of patients surviving well into adulthood with both simple and complex forms of CHD. As a result of these improvements, the number of adult survivors with CHD surpassed the number of pediatric patients with CHD in the year 2000. Currently, it is estimated there are approximately 800,000 adults with CHD in the United States [2].

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  1. Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Department of Cardiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Christopher P. Learn MD

  2. Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Department of Cardiology, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

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Learn, C.P., Cook, S.C. (2010). Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease. In: Budoff, M., Shinbane, J. (eds) Cardiac CT Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-650-2_21

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