Echocardiography in adults with congenital heart disease.
Echocardiography is a valuable tool in the investigation and follow-up of adult patients with congenital heart disease. The majority of these patients have been recognised and treated in childhood, and effective investigations in adult life depend on exact knowledge of the patient history and previous treatments/operations. The major lesions are presented and important echocardiographic features briefly discussed.
Thaulow
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Unit for Congenital Heart Disease, Rikshospitalet, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway. erik.thaulow@medisin.uio.no
Lenes
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D000328:Adult; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography