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Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Topics: Congenital Heart Disease

01/12/2010 00:00:00

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2010Full TextEuropean Heart Journal (31); 2915–2957 - doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq2492 MB
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Authors

Helmut Baumgartner FESC (Chairperson), Philipp Bonhoeffer, Natasja M. S. De Groot, Fokko de Haan, John E. Deanfield FESC, Nazzareno Galie FESC, Michael A. Gatzoulis FESC, Christa Gohlke-Baerwolf EFESC, Harald Kaemmerer FESC, Philip Kilner, Folkert Meijboom FESC, Barbara J. M. Mulder FESC, Erwin Oechslin FESC, Jose M. Oliver, Alain Serraf, Andras Szatmari FESC, Erik Thaulow FESC, 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 exercise 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 arteriorsus
  • Left ventricualr outflow tract obstruction
  • Coartation of the aorta
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Right ventricular outflow tract obtruction
  • Ebstein's anomaly
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Pulmonary atresia 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 artery conduit
  • Eisenmenger syndrome and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Management of cyanotic patients

References

Previous versions

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

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