Trends in Hospitalizations for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the U.S.
Alexander R. Opotowsky, MD, MPH*,
Omar K. Siddiqi, MD and
Gary D. Webb, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Figure 1 Annual Number of ACHD Admissions in the U.S Categorized by Level of Defect Complexity
*Data represent hospital admissions for adults  18 years of age. The analysis used sampling weights to produce nationally representative estimates and accounted for the complex survey design. Error bars represent the standard error. **Classifications are based on the 32nd Bethesda Conference document and other published reports. Simple diagnoses with coexisting complex diagnoses or pulmonary hypertension were classified as complex. ACHD = adults with congenital heart disease.
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