Predicting 15-Year Mortality in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Using Disease Severity and Functional Indices

Disease severity and functional indices are widely used for risk stratification of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). The predictive value of these classification systems for assessing long-term mortality is unknown. We aimed to determine and compare the predictive value of disease severity and functional indices for 15-year mortality in adults with CHD.Between 2000 and 2002, we categorized 629 patients with CHD (median age, 24 years;...