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Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies

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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Every year more than 1.5 million children with congenital heart defects are born worldwide (incidence 5–12 in 1000 children, distribution see Table 13.1) [40]. Since surgical and interventional techniques have improved continuously, long-term survival of people affected by congenital heart disease has increased, resulting in more than 20,000 patients reaching adulthood in Europe and the United States every year [40]. Therefore sophisticated postinterventional follow-up and monitoring techniques are becoming increasingly important in clinical routine.

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Mahrholdt, H., Wagner, A., Sechtem, U. (2004). Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies. In: Nagel, E., van Rossum, A.C., Fleck, E. (eds) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7985-1932-9_13

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