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Estimates of Life Expectancy by Adolescents and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Graham J. Reid, PhD^{_*,,,,||,¶,1,_*}, Gary D. Webb, MD^,||,#, Mor Barzel, MA^_*, Brian W. McCrindle, MD^_**,, M. Jane Irvine, PhD^,||, and Samuel C. Siu, MD^,||,¶

^_* Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Department of Family Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Department of Public Health Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
^|| University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
^¶ Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
^# Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
^_** Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

View larger version (35K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Frequency of self-rated life expectancy for patients with complex (blue bars) or moderate (red bars) congenital heart disease and a comparison sample of university undergraduates (green bars).