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Recommended Reading on Adult Congenital Heart Diseases

ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Diseases

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

EP Europace Journal
8 Oct 2025

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
29 Aug 2025

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

EP Europace Journal
29 Jul 2025

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

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
1 Jul 2025

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
30 Jun 2025

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
6 Jan 2025

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

European Heart Journal
25 Oct 2024

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

European Heart Journal
10 Oct 2024

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

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
28 Sep 2024

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

European Heart Journal
1 Sep 2024

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

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
29 Jul 2024

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

EP Europace Journal
24 May 2024

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
23 May 2024

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

European Heart Journal
15 May 2024

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

European Heart Journal
14 May 2024

Pregnancy in patients with the Fontan operation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
26 Apr 2024

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

European Heart Journal
2 Mar 2024

Impact of congenital heart disease on personality disorders in adulthood

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
24 Jan 2024

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
27 Sep 2023

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
25 Aug 2023

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

European Heart Journal
18 Aug 2023

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

European Heart Journal
6 Jul 2023

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

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
22 Dec 2021

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

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
23 Aug 2021

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

European Heart Journal
16 Jul 2021

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

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
27 Aug 2020

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