Quality of life of grown-up congenital heart disease patients after congenital cardiac surgery

Due to better early and long-term outcome, the increasing population of grown-ups with congenital heart disease (GUCH) brings up unexpected quality of life (QoL) issues. The cardiac lesion by itself is not always the major problem for these patients, since issues pertaining to QoL and psychosocial a...

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Published in:	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 105 - 11; discussion 111
Main Authors:	Loup, Ophélie, von Weissenfluh, Catherina, Gahl, Brigitta, Schwerzmann, Markus, Carrel, Thierry, Kadner, Alexander
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany 01.07.2009
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Defects, Congenital - psychology Heart Defects, Congenital - rehabilitation Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - psychology Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - rehabilitation Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery Humans Male Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Psychometrics Quality of Life Reoperation - rehabilitation Tetralogy of Fallot - psychology Tetralogy of Fallot - rehabilitation Tetralogy of Fallot - surgery Transposition of Great Vessels - psychology Transposition of Great Vessels - rehabilitation Transposition of Great Vessels - surgery Young Adult
ISSN:	1873-734X
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