Hospitalisations for heart failure predict mortality in pulmonary hypertension related to congenital heart disease.
Τίτλος | Hospitalisations for heart failure predict mortality in pulmonary hypertension related to congenital heart disease. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Ntiloudi, D., Apostolopoulou S., Vasiliadis K., Frogoudaki A., Tzifa A., Ntellos C., Brili S., Manginas A., Pitsis A., Kolios M., Karvounis H., Tsioufis C., Goudevenos J., Rammos S., & Giannakoulas G. |
Corporate Authors | CHALLENGE investigators |
Journal | Heart |
Volume | 105 |
Issue | 6 |
Pagination | 465-469 |
Date Published | 2019 03 |
ISSN | 1468-201X |
Λέξεις κλειδιά | Adult, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Cardiovascular Agents, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Greece, Heart Defects, Congenital, Heart Failure, Hospitalization, Humans, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Prognosis, Registries, Risk Assessment, Stroke |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Despite the progress in the management of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), a significant proportion of patients still develop pulmonary hypertension (PH). We aimed to highlight the rate of the complications in PH-ACHD and the predicting factors of cumulative mortality risk in this population. |
DOI | 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313613 |
Alternate Journal | Heart |
PubMed ID | 30269081 |