Analysis of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The objective of this study was to analyze cardiovascular risk factors in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD).

Subjects and methods

The subjects for this study comprised 135 patients, aged 18 years and above, who visited the ACHD clinic at the Samsung Medical Center and 135 adults with a structurally normal heart who were randomly selected from the Center for Health Promotion during the same period. For the analysis, the ACHD group was further divided into an ACHD group that underwent correction by cardiac surgery and a cyanotic group.

Results

The mean (standard diviation) age (years) of patients in the surgically corrected group was 48.4 (10.9) years, while that of patients in the cyanotic group was 43.1 (9.0) years and that of patie

SUBMITTER: Moon JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4580701 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature