Improved medical care of congenital heart disease patients increased survival into
adulthood from 15% in the 1960s to over 85% in the current era. As a consequence, the …

2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A
Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on …

The recommendations listed in this guideline are, whenever possible, evidence-based. An
initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research involving …

Ross et al Transplantation in Congenital Heart Disease 803 listed ACHD patients are more
likely to experience cardiovascular death (including sudden death and death caused by HF) …

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Background—Restrictive lung defects are associated with higher mortality in patients with
acquired chronic heart failure. We investigated the prevalence of abnormal lung function, its …

Background: The number of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is rapidly
increasing. To optimize patient management, there is a great need to accurately identify high …

Aims In women with congenital heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular complications during
pregnancy are common, but the risk assessment of these patients remains difficult. This …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a hemodynamic condition that has a poor prognosis and
can lead to right-sided heart failure. It may result from common diseases such as left-sided …

Objective Although heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of premature death in adult
congenital heart disease (ACHD), little population-specific data exist. This study reports …