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Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Topics:

Congenital Heart Disease

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2010Full Textdoi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq2492 MB
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Authors

Helmut Baumgartner (Chairperson), Philipp Bonhoeffer, Natasja M. S. De Groot, Fokko de Haan, John Erik Deanfield, Nazzareno Galie, Michael A. Gatzoulis, Christa Gohlke-Baerwolf, Harald Kaemmerer ,Philip Kilner, Folkert Meijboom, Barbara J. M. Mulder, Erwin Oechslin , Jose M. Oliver, Alain Serraf, Andras Szatmari, Erik Thaulow,

Pascal R. Vouhe, Edmond Walma

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Table of contents: Full Text (ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines)

Preamble and specific background

General considerations

Prevalence of grown-up congenital heart disease and organization of care

Diagnostic work-up

  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
  • Computer tomography
  • Cardiopulmonary exercie testing
  • Cardiac catheterisation

 

Therapeutic considerations

  • Heart failure
  • Arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
  • Surgical treatment
  • Catheter intervention
  • Infective endocarditis

Non-cardiac issues

 

  • Insurance
  • Exercice and Sports
  • Pregnancy, contraception, and genetic counselling

Specific problems

  • Atrial septal defect
  • Ventricular septal defect
  • Atrioventricular septal defect
  • Patent ductus arterior
  • Left ventricualr outflow tract obstruction
  • Coartation of the aorta
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Right ventricular outflow tract obtruction
  • Ebstein's anomaly
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Pulmonary artresia with ventricular septal defect
  • Transposition of the great arteries
  • Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
  • Univentricular heart
  • Patients after Fontan operation
  • Rigth ventricular to pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Management of cyanotic patients

References

Previous versions

A complete list of ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines (current and previous versions) endorsed by ESC National Society Members is available here

2003

 European Heart Journal;24:1035-1084 - Full Text

2003 Simulator