Author/Authors :
Wacker، نويسنده , , Annette and Kaemmerer، نويسنده , , Harald and Hollweck، نويسنده , , Regina and Hauser، نويسنده , , MICHAEL and DEUTSCH، نويسنده , , Marc Andre and Brodherr-Heberlein، نويسنده , , Silke and Eicken، نويسنده , , Andreas and Hess، نويسنده , , John، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Many patients with congenital cardiac disease need a regular cardiologic follow-up (FU) even after successful primary treatment. Nevertheless, many of them are lost to FU. The present study verifies for the first time the outcome of adults with congenital cardiac disease lost to FU of a specialized institution for >5 years.