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2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (previously Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

21 Aug 2020

Since the previous version of the Guidelines on the management of grown-up congenital heart disease (CHD) was published in 2010, new evidence has accumulated for this patient group, particularly on percutaneous interventional techniques and risk stratification with regard to timing of surgery and catheter intervention, as well asmedical treatment. This made a revision of the recommendations necessary.

Decision making in ACHD involves accurate diagnosis, timing of intervention, risk assessment, and selection of the most suitable type of intervention. In addition, specific aspects of medical treatment for conditions such as heart failure, pulmonary hypertension (PH), and anticoagulation are addressed.

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Topic(s):

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology

Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations: Pediatric Cardiology

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

CV Surgery - Congenital Heart Disease

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Armenian Cardiologists Association , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Italian Federation of Cardiology , The National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology* , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology

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https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab484

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doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa554

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2010

European Heart Journal (2010) 31, 2915–2957; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq249

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