Aims & Activities

ESC Working Group on Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease

To promote, to maintain and to pursue excellence in the care of adults with congenital heart disease;
To improve the quality of care by endorsing, supporting and organising educational programmes in adult congenital heart disease;
To establish guidelines for the treatment and management of adults with congenital heart disease;
To establish close links with other groups/societies dealing with adult congenital heart disease patients.

Numerous Scientific and Educational Meetings
Registries on Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: ICD Registry (EP Cath. Intervention) and on Pregnancy in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Study Group on PAH in adult congenital heart disease
Project “Radiation doses during FU of adults with CHD”
Multicentre study on cardiac resychronization therapy in CHD
Participation to EURO HEART SURVEY programme
Collaboration with - Association of European Pediatric Cardiology - Int. Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Canadian Congenital Heart Network
ESC Practice Guidelines on the Management of adult patients with congenital heart disease - Eur H J 2003 - Pocket version 2005 - Revision planned for 2009
Registration of European Centres