Rates of successful surgical repair and life expectancy for patients with congenital heart
disease have increased dramatically in recent decades. Thanks to advances in diagnosis …

Today most patients with congenital heart defects (CHD) survive into adulthood.
Unfortunately, despite relevant residua and sequels, follow-up care of adults with congenital …

Improved surgical care from the last five decades, together with the advances in medical
management, led to a remarkable increase of survival of patients with congenital heart …

Increasing survival rates for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) represent a major
achievement of modern medicine. Despite incredible progress been made in diagnosis …

Background As adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients are aging, a high
prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is encountered similar to the general population …

Since the previous version of the guidelines on the management of grown-up congenital
heart disease was published in 2010, new data and experience have accumulated …

Advances in cardiology and cardiac surgery have transformed the outlook for patients with
congenital heart disease (CHD) so that currently 85% of neonates with CHD survive into …

The diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common
inborn defect, has been a tremendous success story of modern medicine. In the 1950s …

Advances in congenital heart disease (CHD) have changed radically the prognosis and
burden of the disease. The vast majority of patients survive into adulthood and their profile in …

The number of adults with congenital heart disease is increasing due to the great
achievements in the field of paediatric cardiology, congenital heart surgery and intensive …