To examine the evolving role of specialised outpatient services for adult patients with congenital heart disease.
A retrospective analysis of all patients attending the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults over three corresponding three month periods in 1987, 1992, and 1997.
A tertiary referral centre.
Patient demographics, residence, medical and surgical history, type and source of referral, and investigations performed.
In all, 570 patients were seen at the clinic during these three periods. There was a 44% and a 269% increase in workload between 1987 to 1992 and 1992 to 1997, respectively. There was a steady fall in mean age of patients seen at the clinic with time (38.5, 33.6, and 31.7 years in 1987, 1992, and 1997, respectively, p
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