Summary
Details
- Epidemiology
- Classification
- Anatomic and anatomic-physiologic classification of congenital heart disease
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
- Interatrial communications
- Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Pulmonary valve atresia with a ventricular septal defect
- Pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum
- d-Transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA)
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ebstein anomaly
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC)
- Tricuspid valve atresia
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
- Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction
- Aortic coarctation
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and congenital heart disease
Contributors
Authors
Karen K. Stout, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
University of Washington
Seattle
WA
Disclosures
KKS is an author of a guideline cited in this topic.
Yonatan Buber, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Washington
Seattle
WA
Disclosures
YB declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Dr Karen S. Stout and Dr Yonatan Buber would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Sachin Khambadkone, Dr Nathaniel W. Taggart, and Dr Frank Cetta, the previous contributors to this topic. SK, NWT, and FC declare that they have no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Tain-Yen Hsia, MD
Attending Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital
Charleston
SC
Disclosures
TYH declares that he has no competing interests.
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References
Key articles
Stout KK, Daniels CJ, Aboulhosn JA, et al. 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 Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2019 Apr 2;139(14):e698-800.Full text
Baumgartner H, De Backer J, Babu-Narayan SV, et al. 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2021 Feb 11;42(6):563-645.Full text Abstract
American College of Radiology. Appropriateness criteria: congenital or acquired heart disease. 2023 [internet publication].Full text
Toro-Salazar OH, Steinberger J, Thomas W, et al. Long-term follow-up of patients after coarctation of the aorta repair. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Mar 1;89(5):541-7. Abstract
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