Adult CHD cardiology is now encompassing not only young or middle銈沢ed adults but also patients with CHD over 60 years old. Many adult patients are afflicted by residual haemodynamic lesions and also face additional opportunities and/or challenges such as pregnancy, acquired heart disease, non銉...
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Heart failure is a potentially urgent health concern for young adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) that is often overlooked and undertreated, even as hospitalizations for this condition continue to rise. Ad New research from Mayo Clinic shows thatyoung adultsin the U.S. living with conge...
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Thirty percent of adults in this study had anatrial septal defect; 26% had aortic valve disease; and 14% had a ventricular septal defect. A total of 8.7% of patients were diagnosed with tachyarrhythmia (abnormally fast heart rate) at the start of the study; 1.5% had a conduction disturbanc...
Results from a single-center study indicate that adults with congenital heart disease, particularly those who had surgery before 1990, appear to have a higher rate of PTSD than the general population. The relationship between PTSD and adult ...
Congenital Heart Disease in Adults Edited by Joseph K. Perloff and John S. Child. 342 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1991. $75. For many of us trained in a cardiology fellowship oriented toward adult patients, Joseph Perloff's classic textbook Clinical Recognition of Congenital...
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Abstract The increasing number of patients with either uncorrected or repaired congenital cardiac lesions is on the rise, likely reflective of improvements in care and detection. With more patients surviving well into adulthood, they often present for non-cardiac surgery....
Dr Christoph Sinning is senior physician at the Department of Cardiology at the University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany. His main areas of work are cardiovascular imaging with a focus on echocardiography, treatment of adults with congenital heart disease, and cardiac devices like ...