American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8, January 2009

Planning the specialized care of adult congenital heart disease patients: from numbers to guidelines; an epidemiologic approach

  • Ariane J. Marelli, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence (MAUDE Unit), Montreal, Canada
    • McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ariane Marelli, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University, Director, McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease (MAUDE unit), McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Ave West, Room H4-33, Montreal, Canada H3A 1A1.
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  • Judith Therrien, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence (MAUDE Unit), Montreal, Canada
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  • Andrew S. Mackie, MD, SM

      Affiliations

    • McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence (MAUDE Unit), Montreal, Canada
    • McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Raluca Ionescu-Ittu, MSc

      Affiliations

    • McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence (MAUDE Unit), Montreal, Canada
    • McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, Canada

Received 11 December 2007; accepted 30 August 2008. published online 17 November 2008.

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 Doctor Marelli is supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Montreal, Québec, Canada). Doctor Mackie was supported by the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (Québec City, Québec, Canada). Doctor Pilote is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and is a James McGill Professor of Medicine at McGill University.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00792-8

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.029

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8, January 2009

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