Recommended Reading on Adult Congenital Heart Diseases

ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Diseases

Association Between a Novel Adult Congenital Heart Disease-Specific Patient-Reported Health Status Metric and Objective Clinical Status

Non ESC Journal
9 Dec 2025

Prognostic implications of heart failure rehospitalization in adults with CHD & clinical benefits of medical therapy.

Non ESC Journal
1 Dec 2025

Risk prediction for surgery on adults with congenital heart disease: Nonprocedural clinical and social factors predominate

Non ESC Journal
8 Nov 2025

Feasibility and accuracy of wearable electrocardiogram monitoring in adult congenital heart disease

EP Europace Journal

2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy Developed by the task force on the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)<br /><em>Endorsed by the European Society of Gynecology (ESG)</em>

European Heart Journal

Electrophysiological assessment of atrial tachycardia substrates in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot

EP Europace Journal

Role of strain imaging for risk stratification in Fontan patients with normal ventricular ejection fraction

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: a European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement With the contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

European Heart Journal

Anatomy vs. shunt fraction: haemodynamic consequences in atrial septal defects and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection—a comprehensive CMR study

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Fontan haemodynamics in adults with obesity compared with overweight and normal body mass index: a retrospective invasive exercise study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Serial cardiopulmonary exercise testing in young patients after one-and-half ventricle repair and Fontan procedure: a comparative study

European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes

Venous thromboembolisms and stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study

EP Europace Journal

Adults with congenital heart disease: what every cardiologist should know about their care

European Heart Journal

Electrocardiogram-based deep learning to predict mortality in paediatric and adult congenital heart disease

European Heart Journal

Infective endocarditis with or without congenital heart disease: clinical features and outcomes

European Heart Journal

Impact of congenital heart disease on personality disorders in adulthood

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Cardiac remodelling during pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease and systemic left ventricle

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Pregnancy in patients with the Fontan operation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance allows the identification of slow-conducting anatomical isthmuses in tetralogy of Fallot

European Heart Journal

Early hybrid cardiac rehabilitation in congenital heart disease: the QUALIREHAB trial

European Heart Journal

B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict long-term mortality in a large cohort of adults with congenital heart disease

European Heart Journal

Acquired cardiovascular disease in adults with congenital heart disease A call to action for timely preventive measures—a clinical consensus statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease in collaboration with the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

European Heart Journal

End-stage heart failure in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: a multicentre study

European Heart Journal

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis Developed by the task force on the management of endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) <em>Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)</em>

European Heart Journal

Outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in adult congenital heart disease: a Danish nationwide study

European Heart Journal

Prevalence and risk of progressive aortic aneurysm and dissection in adults with conotruncal anomalies

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Prognostic implications of left heart diastolic dysfunction in adults with coarctation of aorta

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease: a population-based study

European Heart Journal

Health behaviours reported by adults with congenital heart disease across 15 countries

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

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