Transitional Care for Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Case Study

Congenital heart defects, any of myriad innate problems with the structure and function of the heart, affect nearly 1% of births in the United States annually (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Historically, a congenital heart defect was regarded as an inevitable fatality. However, immense strides in diagnosis, operative techniques, and critical care over the past 60 years have increased an infant's chance of survival into adulthood to 85% to 90% (Gurvitz et al., 2016). In fact, adults account for two-thirds of the overall congenital heart disease (CHD) population (Jacobs et al., 2015).

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