Higgins S S
University of San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco 94117-1080.
Nurs Clin North Am. 1994 Jun;29(2):221-31.
There are an estimated 400,000 adults with postoperative congenital heart disease (CHD) in the United States. The majority of these patients require long-term follow-up for management of persistent problems. These problems are related to electrophysiologic sequelae, myocardial changes, ventricular failure, prosthetic materials, and infective endocarditis. The goal for adults with postoperative CHD is to achieve not only long-term survival, but the best possible quality of life.
据估计，美国有40万患有先天性心脏病（CHD）的成人接受了手术治疗。这些患者中的大多数需要长期随访，以处理持续存在的问题。这些问题与电生理后遗症、心肌变化、心力衰竭、人工材料以及感染性心内膜炎有关。患有先天性心脏病术后的成人的目标不仅是实现长期生存，而且要获得尽可能好的生活质量。
