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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4512/1710102

Pulmonary Hypertension in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Deciding When and When Not To Repair. An Overall Perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean Countries

John J. Araujo, MD, MBBS, NBE, FSIAC, FSISIAC, FACC, FASE

Article Type: Review Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 9

Congenital heart defects are very prevalent in the world, affecting 1 out of 100 live births. In Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 57,000 children are born with a congenital heart defect each year, 45% of which are moderately and highly complex. Globally, 6-8% of congenital heart defects may develop pulmonary hypertension and, of these, 50% will develop the most extreme form, Eisenmenger syndrome....

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