Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Medical School, Italy.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 May;14(5):326-33. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283542eec.
The number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) has constantly increased as medical and surgical treatment of CHD - either simple or complex - continues to improve. Over the past half century, advances in surgical techniques have continued with the evolution of traditional surgical repair and introduction of new surgical procedures for complex lesions which were previously considered to be irreparable. We sought to analyze the current role of cardiac surgery in the treatment of congenital anomalies of the heart in those patients who have reached adulthood with or without surgical repair or palliation, with particular attention to future directions and perspectives.
随着先天性心脏病（CHD）的医学和外科治疗不断改善——无论是简单的还是复杂的——患有该病的成年人数量一直在持续增加。在过去的半个世纪中，随着传统手术修复的发展和新的复杂病变手术方法的引入，手术技术不断进步，而这些复杂病变在以前被认为是无法修复的。我们试图分析心脏外科在治疗那些未经手术修复或姑息治疗而已经成年的患者的先天性心脏畸形中的当前作用，特别关注未来的方向和前景。
