ESC Guidelines for the management of grown-up congenital heart disease (new version 2010)

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2915-2957

  Baumgartner, Helmut ^a   Bonhoeffer, Philipp ^a   De Groot, Natasja M S ^a   De Haan, Fokko ^a   Deanfield, John Erik ^a   Galie, Nazzareno ^a   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a   Gohlke Baerwolf, Christa ^a   Kaemmerer, Harald ^a   Kilner, Philip ^a   Meijboom, Folkert ^a   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a   Oechslin, Erwin ^a   Oliver, Jose M ^a   Serraf, Alain ^a   Szatmari, Andras ^a   Thaulow, Erik ^a   Vouhe, Pascal R ^a   Walma, Edmond ^a   Vahanian, Alec ^a   Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Bax, Jeroen ^a   Ceconi, Claudio ^a   Dean, Veronica ^a   Filippatos, Gerasimos ^a   Funck Brentano, Christian ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^a   Kearney, Peter ^a   McDonagh, Theresa ^a   Popescu, Bogdan A ^a   Reiner, Zeljko ^a   Sechtem, Udo ^a   Sirnes, Per Anton ^a   Tendera, Michal ^a   Vardas, Panos ^a   Widimsky, Petr ^a   Swan, Lorna ^a   Andreotti, Felicita ^a   Beghetti, Maurice ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Bozio, Andre ^a   Brecker, Stephen ^a   Budts, Werner ^a   Hess, John ^a   Hirsch, Rafael ^a   Jondeau, Guillaume ^a   Kokkonen, Jorma ^a   Kozelj, Mirta ^a   Kucukoglu, Serdar ^a   Laan, Mari ^a   Lionis, Christos ^a   Metreveli, Irakli ^a   Moons, Philip ^a   Pieper, Petronella G ^a   Pilossoff, Vladimir ^a   Popelova, Jana ^a   Price, Susanna ^a   Roos Hesselink, Jolien ^a   Uva, Miguel Sousa ^a   Tornos, Pilar ^a   Trindade, Pedro Trigo ^a   Ukkonen, Heikki ^a   Walker, Hamish ^a   Webb, Gary D ^a   Westby, Jørgen ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Guidelines; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; BOSENTAN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEPARIN; IRON; LOSARTAN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTANOID; PROTHROMBIN; SILDENAFIL; STEROID; TADALAFIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNIPROST;

ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIAL SWITCH OPERATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITALLY CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRACEPTION; CYANOSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FAINTNESS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FATIGUE; FENESTRATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GOUT; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; GROWN UP CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPETROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION RISK; IRON THERAPY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYALGIA; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULSE OXIMETRY; RASTELLI TYPE OPERATION; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINNITUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEAKNESS; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SPORTS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649813429     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq249     Document Type: Review

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