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| العنوان: |
Characteristics of patients with adult congenital heart disease treated by non-specialized doctors: The potential loss of follow-up. |
| المؤلفون: |
Nitta, Manabu, Ochiai, Ryota, Nakano, Shintaro, Nakashima, Rie, Matsumoto, Katsumi, Sugano, Teruyasu, Ishigami, Tomoaki, Ishikawa, Toshiyuki, Tamura, Kouichi, Nakano, Yusuke, Watanabe, Shigeo, Hokosaki, Tatsunori, Machida, Daisuke, Masuda, Munetaka, Kimura, Kazuo |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Cardiology; Jan2021, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p17-22, 6p |
| مستخلص: |
• Patients with adult congenital heart disease are treated by non-specialized-doctors. • Among them, 53% had moderate to great complexity disease. • Most of the non-specialized doctors are adult cardiologists. • Patients under non-specialized-doctor care require frequent invasive treatments. • This finding is more prominent among patients with moderate disease complexities. In the treatment of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), the transfer of patients from pediatric cardiologists to ACHD cardiologists is of relevance. However, little is known about the clinical courses of ACHD patients that have been referred by non-CHD-specialized doctors (n-CSDs). This retrospective cohort study included 230 patients (average age: 37 ± 15.2 years, male: 97) who were referred to a single specialized ACHD center between April 2016 and July 2019. We compared the characteristics and clinical courses between patients referred by n-CSDs and those referred by CHD-specialized-doctors (CSDs). Overall, 121 (53%) patients were referred by n-CSDs. Among them, 91 (75%) patients were referred by adult cardiologists. Univariate analysis showed that the patients referred by n-CSDs were older than those referred by CSDs (41.6 ± 16.3 vs. 32.0 ± 12.0 years, p < 0.01), were more likely to have simple CHD, and less likely to have severe CHD (27.0% vs. 12.8% and 16.5% vs. 40.4%, respectively, p < 0.01). Patients referred by n-CSDs were also more likely to have a history of loss of follow-up (16.5% vs. 3.7%, p < 0.01) and to require invasive treatments after referral, including cardiac surgeries and transcatheter interventions (47.9% vs. 26.6 %, p < 0.01). Notably, unintended invasive treatments that were not designated by the referring doctors were more frequently required in patients with moderate complexity referred by n-CSDs (50.0% vs. 23.3%, p = 0.02). Patients with moderate CHD complexity referred by n-CSDs are more likely to require unintended invasive treatments. Referrals to specialized ACHD centers may be most beneficial for these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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