The emerging burden of hospital admissions of adults with congenital heart disease

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 96; no. 11; pp. 872 - 878
• Main Authors: Verheugt, Carianne L, Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M, van der Velde, Enno T, Meijboom, Folkert J, Pieper, Petronella G, Sieswerda, Gertjan Tj, Plokker, Herbert W M, Grobbee, Diederick E, Mulder, Barbara J M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.06.2010; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; Classification; Congenital diseases; Cost of Illness; Data analysis; Defects; Emergency medical care; Epidemiologic Methods; epidemiology; fallots tetralogy; Female; Heart; Heart Defects, Congenital - economics; Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Marfans; Medical prognosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Netherlands - epidemiology; Patient Admission - economics; Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data; Patient admissions; Physicians; Pulmonary arteries; Surgery; transposition of the great arteries; Young Adult; Netherlands; Europe; Human; Hospital admission; Cardiovascular disease; Adult; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Congenital cardiopathy

ObjectiveTo assess the extent and the characteristics of hospital admissions in registered adult patients with congenital heart disease.DesignObservational cohort study.SettingThe Netherlands.Patients5798 adult patients with congenital heart disease from the Dutch CONCOR national registry linked to...