Author/Editor     Koželj, Mirta; Cvijić, Marta; Berden, Pavel; Podnar, Tomaž
Title     A 6-year follow-up study of adult patients with congenitally corrected transposition
Type     članek
Vol. and No.     Letnik 25, št. 7
Publication year     2015
Volume     str. 1332-1339
ISSN     1467-1107 - Cardiology in the young
Language     eng
Abstract     The aims of this study were to assess the development of heart failure in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries in a medium-term follow-up, to identify the impact of tricuspid regurgitation on the development of heart failure, and to determine the most reliable marker for its identification. The prospective 6-year follow-up study included 19 adult patients. All patients were evaluated clinically by the determination of N-terminal pro-hormone brain natriuretic peptide levels, exercise stress testing, echocardiography magnetic resonance, or CT. Among them, two patients died of heart failure.
Keywords     congenitally corrected transposition
adults
heart failure