Extrasystoles in adults with congenital heart disease: treatment options. KU Leuven
The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is estimated to be almost one in 100 newborns, with > 90% of patients with CHD surviving into adulthood due to medical and surgical advances in recent decades. The rationale for treatment of ventricular premature beats (VPBs) in the general population without underlying structural heart disease is mainly based on the presence of symptoms and/or the risk for developing VPB-induced cardiomyopathy ...