Outcome of operated and unoperated adults with congenital cardiac disease lost to follow-up for more than five years.
Abstract:
Many patients with congenital cardiac disease need a regular cardiologic follow-up (FU) even after successful primary treatment. Nevertheless, many of them are lost to FU. The present study verifies for the first time the outcome of adults with congenital cardiac disease lost to FU of a specialized institution for >5 years.