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Surgical Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

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Over the past decades, due to tremendous improvement in cardiothoracic surgery, 95 % of newborns with congenital heart disease survive into adulthood in the current era. Although most of adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have undergone surgical intervention during childhood and also there have been recently remarkable advances in percutaneous techniques to treat adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), a significant proportion of these patients will have to undergo cardiovascular surgery at some point in adulthood.

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  1. Cardiac Surgery Ward, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

    Alireza Alizadeh Ghavidel MD

  2. Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran

    Mitra Chitsazan MD

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  3. Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

    Azin Alizadehasl

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Ghavidel, A.A., Chitsazan, M. (2014). Surgical Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. In: Sadeghpour, A., Kyavar, M., Alizadehasl, A. (eds) Comprehensive Approach to Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6383-1_18

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