Life expectancy and quality of life for those born with congenital heart disease (CHD) have
greatly improved over the past 3 decades. While representing a great advance for these …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is commonly associated with congenital heart
disease (CHD) and relates to type of the underlying cardiac defects and repair history. Large …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare and incurable chronic disease characterised by a
progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and right heart failure. Patient …

In the summer of 2016, delegates from the German Respiratory Society (DGP), the German
Society of Cardiology (DGK) and the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK) met in …

Background Patients with simple shunt lesions, such as atrial septal defect (ASD),
ventricular septal defect (VSD) and persistent arterial duct (PDA) remain at risk of …

Background—Exercise echocardiography is often applied as a noninvasive strategy to
screen for abnormal pulmonary hemodynamic response, but it is technically challenging …

Background: Due to the increase in survival rates for congenital heart disease (CHD) in the
last decades, over 90% of patients today reach adulthood. Currently, there are more than …

Background Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is common in congenital heart disease
(CHD). Because clinical-trial data on PAH associated with CHD (PAH-CHD) remain limited …

Background The lifetime burden of morbidity in patients with isolated congenital ventricular
septal defect (VSD) is not completely described. Methods and Results In a population …

Aims Prognosis in children with pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) is closely linked to right
ventricular (RV) failure due to increased RV-afterload. Pulmonary arterial (PA) stiffening is …