The role of echocardiography in the management of adult patients with congenital heart disease following operative treatment.

Cardiovasc Diagn Ther

2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

Published: December 2018

Treatment of congenital heart diseases has significantly advanced over the last few decades. Due to the continuously increasing survival rate, there are more and more adult patients with congenital heart diseases and these patients present at the adult cardiologist from the paediatric cardiology care. The aim of the present review is to demonstrate the role of echocardiography in some significant congenital heart diseases.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/cdt.2018.09.11DOI Listing

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