Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 4367
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Interests: heart failure; body mass compartments; sarcopenia; obesity; echocardiography; congenital heart diseases; cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy; hypertension
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Dear Colleagues,
Improvements in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital heart disease (CHD) during infancy and childhood have resulted in an outstanding increase in the prevalence of these entities during adulthood. Cardiologists and imagers frequently encounter complex patients who have undergone multiple prior operations and interventions. Consequently, there has been a parallel increase in the number of ACHD patients plagued with heart failure. Late morbidity can be related to the congenital heart defects but may also be the consequence of surgical or medical treatment or longstanding alterations in hemodynamics, neurodevelopment and psychosocial development. Advanced imaging plays a role in diagnosis and preprocedural planning, and it also determines the need and frequency of follow-up. As such, we have planned this Special Issue of JCM, as adults with CHD require not only close monitoring and proactive personalized management strategies to improve outcomes but also implementation of new therapeutic options.
Submissions of original articles and reviews that are useful for readers and their subsequent daily clinical practices are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- adult congenital heart disease
- heart failure
- Fontan circulation
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- cathetherisation and structural interventions
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