Clinical ResearchCongenital Heart DiseaseDiagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in the Congenital Heart Disease Adult Population: Impact on Outcomes
Congenital Heart Disease
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Key Words
congenital heart defect
morbidity
mortality
population
pulmonary hypertension
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ASD
atrial septal defect
CHD
congenital heart disease
CI
confidence interval
HR
hazard ratio estimated from Cox proportional hazards regression
HSU
health services utilization
ICD-9
International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision
PH
pulmonary hypertension
RR
rate ratio estimated from Poisson regression
VSD
ventricular septal defect
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Dr. Lowe was supported in part by Actelion Pharmaceuticals Canada and by the Beth Raby Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship of the Jewish General Hospital. Dr. Pilote is supported by the James McGill Research Chair and Fond de la Recherché en Santé du Québec. Dr. Marelli is supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships to disclose.
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