Congestive Heart Failure in Adults with Congenital Heart DiseaseHeart failure in adult congenital heart disease may develop in consequence of a combination of persistent volume and pressure overload; predisposing factors are abnormal anatomy, surgical sequelae,...Azin Alizadehasl...
Prior researchshowed that heart failure hospitalizations of U.S. adults with congenital heart disease increased dramatically from 1998 to 2011. To further understand this trend and its effect on patients and hospital resources, Dr. Burchill and colleagues used national data to study a retrospective c...
There is mounting recognition that some of the most urgent problems of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) are the prevention, diagnosis, and management of heart failure (HF). Recent expert consensus and position statements not only emphasize a specific and pressing need to tackle HF in ACHD...
with currently more than 90% reaching the third decade of life. However, rTOF patients are not cured, but rather have a lifelong increased risk for cardiac and non-cardiac complications. Heart failure is recognized as a significant complication. Its occurrence is strongly associated with adverse o...
Introduction The population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) is rapidly expanding and one of the major complications is heart failure. Timely diagnosis and treatment are crucial, but strong evidence for effectiveness of heart failure treatment in ACHD is currently lacking. Components of...
The population of adults with congenital heart disease is now an estimated 1.4 million in the United States alone and growing. Unfortunately, survival to adulthood does not equate to a normal life expectancy, and heart failure (HF) has now emerged as the leading cause of death for the adult ...
Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in adults with repaired congenital heart disease (CHD). However there is currently little evidence to guide treatment strategies in this growing group of patients. Unlike the majority of HF, which is usually caused by LV systolic or diastolic dy...
Adults with congenital heart disease who developed a fast heart rate originating in the heart's upper chambers—atrial tachyarrhythmia—faced a 65% increased risk of dying earlier compared with those who did not have an irregular heartbeat. ...
The nearly 1 million estimated adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) in the United States now outnumber children with CHD, due to the improvement in surgical and medical management (1). This change has caused a shift in the burden of care from children to adults, as heart failure now...
Over the last 40 years, major advances have been made in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart diseases (CHD) [1]. These developments have resulted in an increasing population of patients who survive into adulthood – the adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). ACHD inc...