Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Chiara Pelosi, Margarita Brida, Julie De Backer, Sabine Ernst, Werner Budts, Helmut Baumgartner, Erwin Oechslin, Daniel Tobler, Adrienne H Kovacs, Giovanni Di Salvo, Jolanda Kluin, Michael A Gatzoulis, Gerhard P Diller
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect with prevalence of 0.8%. Thanks to tremendous progress in medical and surgical practice, nowadays, >90% of children survive into adulthood. Recently European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology (ACC)/ American Heart Association (AHA) issued guidelines which offer diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for the different defect categories. However, the type of technical exams and their frequency of follow-up may vary largely between clinicians and centres...
April 16, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology