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Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Topic(s):

Congenital Heart Disease in Children and Adults (GUCH)

Acquired Pediatric Heart Disease

Cardiovascular Surgery

Guidelines version available to download

Full text

Published in 2010

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

Pocket guidelines

Published in 2010

Reference GUCH

App

Published in 2010

Reference Download the PDA Version

Slide-set

Published in 2010

Reference GUCH Educational Slide set

CME questions

Published in 2010

Reference CME Questions - GUCH

Declarations of interest

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Albanian Society of Cardiology , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists , British Cardiovascular Society , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Croatian Cardiac Society , Danish Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , Finnish Cardiac Society , French Society of Cardiology , Georgian Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hellenic Society of Cardiology , Israel Heart Society , Italian Federation of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Lithuanian Society of Cardiology , Luxembourg Society of Cardiology , Netherlands Society of Cardiology , Norwegian Society of Cardiology , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Slovenian Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Swedish Society of Cardiology , Swiss Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology

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