Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Heart Disease

Dear Colleagues, 

In patients with congenital heart disease, diagnostic approaches remain the first stage in the appropriate treatment of these patients, which promotes successful outcomes. The detailed preoperative assessment of complex congenital heart disease contributes to the application of appropriate treatments. Novel diagnostic approaches such as 3D echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, 4D magnetic resonance imaging and 3D reconstruction images offer additional information about complex congenital heart defects.

On the other hand, the outcomes after treating patients with congenital heart diseases depend on many factors. Cardiac intensive care units play crucial roles in the management of critically ill newborns, neonates and children after invasive procedures or cardiac surgery operations, as well as in the management of adults with congenital heart disease. Complex cardiac invasive procedures and complex cardiac surgery require advanced knowledge. In addition to the use of imaging diagnostic approaches in patients with congenital heart disease, many biomarkers have been proposed for the monitoring and prediction of adverse events before, during and after treatment.

The scope of this Special Issue is present current knowledge concerning the diagnosis and management of patients with congenital heart defects from the neonatal period to adulthood.

We invite you to submit your research articles, which could be original research or reviews.

Dr. Georgios Samanidis
Dr. Meletios Kanakis
Guest Editors

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