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Patient-Reported Outcome-Based, Comprehensive Assessment of Quality of Life of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in India

Global Heart
Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1
By: Navaneetha Sasikumar,  Sakthi Saravanan,  Krishna Prasenan,  Seeja Raji,  Georg Gutjahr,  Abish Sudhakar,  Shanthi Chidambarathanu,  Philip Moons and  Raman Krishna Kumar  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1479 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
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Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 13, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 18, 2025
Published on: Oct 16, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
adult congenital heart disease,
quality of life,
patient-reported outcomes,
low- and middle-income countries

© 2025 Navaneetha Sasikumar, Sakthi Saravanan, Krishna Prasenan, Seeja Raji, Georg Gutjahr, Abish Sudhakar, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Philip Moons, Raman Krishna Kumar, published by Ubiquity Press
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