RT Book, Section
A1 Fischer, Stephanie S. F.
A1 Patteril, Mathew V.
A2 Mathew, Joseph P.
A2 Swaminathan, Madhav
A2 Ayoub, Chakib M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6919310
T1 Chapter 18. Transesophageal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease
T2 Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163476-2
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6919310
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  incidence  of  congenital  heart  disease  (CHD)  is  0.5%  to  1%,  and  common  malformations  are  less  frequent  (0.15%).1  An  increasing  percentage  of  these  infants  survive  to  adulthood  largely  due  to  advances  in  cardiology,  cardiac  surgery,  and  perioperative  anesthetic  and  critical  care  management.2  At  present,  adults  with  congenital  heart  disease  constitute  a  significant  and  growing  cardiac  population  of  5%.