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Heart Failure and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease from 15 Countries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Background Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of mortality and associated with significant morbidity in adults with congenital heart disease. We sought to assess the association between HF and patient-report outcomes in adults with congenital heart ...
Fernandes, Susan M   +99 more
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Understanding the current status of patients with pulmonary hypertension during COVID-19 outbreak: a small-scale national survey from China

open access: yesPulmonary Circulation, 2020
Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic disease developing progressively with high mortality. Pulmonary hypertension patients need persistent medical care; however, limited reports focused on them when there was an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in ...
Hongmei Zhou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Imaging of ventricular septal defect: Native and post-repair

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022
Cardiac imaging using a combination of multiple modalities has become an essential tool in the management of adults with congenital heart disease with the potential to improve the outcome.
Flavia Fusco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring myocardial extracellular volume of the right ventricle in patients with congenital heart disease

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The right ventricle´s (RV) characteristics—thin walls and trabeculation—make it challenging to evaluate extracellular volume (ECV). We aimed to assess the feasibility of RV ECV measurements in congenital heart disease (CHD), and to introduce a novel ECV ...
Nadya Al-Wakeel-Marquard   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epigenetics and Congenital Heart Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a frequent occurrence, with a prevalence rate of almost 1% in the general population. However, the pathophysiology of the anomalous heart development is still unclear in most patients screened.
Bonnet, Damien   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Challenges of congenital heart disease in grown-up patients

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2017
Nowadays, more than 90% of all children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adult life. Although initially considered to be cured, the majority of them continue to need specialised follow-up because they require re-do interventions or are at
Markus Schwerzmann   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence and Related Risk Factors of Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia in Infants after Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Objective: Junctional ectopic tachycardia is common after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease. However, its incidence and related risk factors in infants after cardiac surgery are not well known.
정세용, 박영환, 최재영
core   +1 more source

Congenital heart block associated with Sjögren syndrome: case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: Congenital heart block is a rare complication of pregnancy associated with Sjögren Syndrome that may result in the death of the foetus or infant, or the need for pacing in the newborn or at a later stage.Case report: The case is presented of ...
Poate, Timothy W.J.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Transfer and transition practices in 96 European adult congenital heart disease centres [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BACKGROUND: Irrespective of initial treatment for congenital heart disease (CHD) in childhood, CHD is a lifelong condition, leaving patients at risk for complications.
Diller, Gerhard   +16 more
core   +1 more source

Subcutaneous finger cardioverter-defibrillator in low weight paediatric patients: a case series

open access: yesMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
Placement of traditional transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system in low-weight children is often difficult because of their vessel size, the elevated risk of lead malfunction and failure, children’s growth and various anatomic ...
Berardo Sarubbi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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