American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 10 , Pages 1445-1450 , 15 May 2009

Burden of Coronary Artery Disease in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease and Its Relation to Congenital and Traditional Heart Risk Factors

  • Georgios Giannakoulas, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: +44-207-351-8602; fax: +44-207-351-8629
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  • Konstantinos Dimopoulos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Reto Engel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Omer Goktekin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Zekeriya Kucukdurmaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Mehmet Akif Vatankulu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Elisabeth Bedard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Gerhard Paul Diller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Maria Papaphylactou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Darrel P. Francis, MD

      Affiliations

    • International Centre of Cardiocirculatory Health, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Received 25 November 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 21 January 2009.

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 Dr. Giannakoulas was supported by the Hellenic Heart Foundation, Athens, Greece, and a grant provided by HCDI, Athens, Greece, from the DG Education and Culture–LLP Programme–Leonardo Da Vinci Mobility, Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Dimopoulos was supported by the European Society of Cardiology, Sophia Antipolis, France. Dr. Goktekin was supported by the Clinical Research Committee, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom, and Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey. Dr. Diller was supported by an Aktelion UK unrestricted educational grant. Dr. Francis was supported by the British Heart Foundation, London, United Kingdom. Dr. Gatzoulis, the Royal Brompton Adult Congenital Heart Programme, and the Department of Clinical Cardiology were supported by the British Heart Foundation, London, United Kingdom, and the Clinical Research Committee, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00473-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.353

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 10 , Pages 1445-1450 , 15 May 2009

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