title: Guidelines for the outpatient management of complex congenital heart disease.
abstract: An increasingly complex group of children is now being followed as outpatients after surgery for congenital heart disease. A variety of complications and physiologic perturbations, both expected and unexpected, may present during follow-up, and should be anticipated by the practitioner and discussed with the patient and family. The purpose of this position article is to provide a framework for outpatient follow-up of complex congenital heart disease, based on a review of current literature and the experience of the authors.
authors: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. wernovsky@email.chop.edu
authors: Gil
authors: G
authors: Wernovsky
authors: Jonathan J
authors: JJ
authors: Rome
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Tabbutt
authors: Jack
authors: J
authors: Rychik
authors: Meryl S
authors: MS
authors: Cohen
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Paridon
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Webb
authors: Kathryn M
authors: KM
authors: Dodds
authors: Maureen A
authors: MA
authors: Gallagher
authors: Desiree A
authors: DA
authors: Fleck
authors: Thomas L
authors: TL
authors: Spray
authors: Victoria L
authors: VL
authors: Vetter
authors: Marie M
authors: MM
authors: Gleason
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011183:Postoperative Complications