Lifetime risk of comorbidity in patients with simple congenital heart disease: a Danish nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

In a continuously ageing population of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), understanding the long-term risk of morbidity is crucial. The aim of this study was to compare the lifetime risks of developing comorbidities in patients with simple CHD and matched controls.

Methods and results

Using the Danish nationwide registers spanning from 1977 to 2018, simple CHD cases were defined as isolated atrial septal defect (ASD), ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonary stenosis, or patent ductus arteriosus in patients surviving until at least 5 years of age. There were 10 controls identified per case. Reported were absolute lifetime risks and lifetime risk differences (between patients with simple CHD and controls) of incident comorbidities stratified by groups and sp

SUBMITTER: El-Chouli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9976987 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature