Substantial cardiovascular morbidity in adults with lower-complexity congenital heart disease

P Saha, P Potiny, J Rigdon, M Morello, C Tcheandjieu… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Although lower-complexity cardiac malformations constitute the majority of
adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), the long-term risks of adverse cardiovascular events …

Age‐and lesion‐related comorbidity burden among US adults with congenital heart disease: a population‐based study

A Agarwal, R Thombley, CS Broberg… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background As patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are living longer,
understanding the comorbidities they develop as they age is increasingly important …

Epidemiology of ACHD: what has changed and what is changing?

A Khan, M Gurvitz - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
The worldwide population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) has grown
steadily over the last few decades, estimated at approximately 1.4 million people in 2010 …

Lifetime risk of comorbidity in patients with simple congenital heart disease: a Danish nationwide study

M El-Chouli, A Meddis, DM Christensen… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims In a continuously ageing population of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD),
understanding the long-term risk of morbidity is crucial. The aim of this study was to compare …

Adult congenital heart disease in a nationwide population 2000–2014: epidemiological trends, arrhythmia, and standardized mortality ratio

MH Wu, CW Lu, HC Chen, FY Kao… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) population will grow with medical
advances, but data are limited. We investigated the epidemiological profile of ACHD in …

Heart failure related to adult congenital heart disease: prevalence, outcome and risk factors

S Arnaert, P De Meester, E Troost, W Droogne… - ESC heart …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Information on the prevalence, outcome and factors associated with heart failure in
patients with adult congenital heart disease (CHD)(ACHD‐HF) is lacking. We aimed at …

Risk estimates for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in adults with congenital heart disease

GK Lui, IS Rogers, VY Ding, HK Hedlin… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The adult with congenital heart disease (CHD) is at risk of developing atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). We performed a cross-sectional study to describe …

Cardiovascular risk factors in adults with congenital heart defects—recognised but not treated? An analysis of the German National Register for Congenital Heart …

UMM Bauer, MA Körten, GP Diller, P Helm… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background As adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients are aging, a high
prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is encountered similar to the general population …

Long-term outcomes after myocardial infarction in middle-aged and older patients with congenital heart disease—a nationwide study

M Fedchenko, Z Mandalenakis, KW Giang… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims We aimed to describe the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in middle-aged and older
patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD) and to evaluate the long-term outcomes after …

[HTML][HTML] Extra-cardiac comorbidities or complications in adults with congenital heart disease: a nationwide inpatient experience in the United States

S Singh, R Desai, HK Fong, A Sadolikar… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With a great interest, we read the article by Neidenbach et al. on non-cardiac comorbidities
in German adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). ACHD always bear an increased …