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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in congenital heart disease

Heart BMJ

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Review the diagnostic pathway for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in congenital heart disease (CHD). Understand and interpret right heart catheterisation data in pulmonary hypertension related to CHD. Recognise the typical presentation of PAH in patients with CHD.

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Raising the bar: triple therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease

Heart BMJ

Pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart disease as a paradigm of complexity Pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD) really represents a paradigm of complexity.

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PO-01-044 ARRHYTHMIA OCCURENCE AFTER TRANSCATHETER PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENTS

HeartRhythm

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) has become a safe and effective alternative to surgical PVR in tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), isolated pulmonary stenosis (PS), and other congenital heart disease (CHD) variants.

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Trisomy 21 and Congenital Heart Disease: Impact on Health and Functional Outcomes From Birth Through Adolescence: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association

Due to improvements in recognition and management of their multisystem disease, the long‐term survival of infants, children, and adolescents with trisomy 21 and congenital heart disease now matches children with congenital heart disease and no genetic condition in many scenarios.

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Clinical risk associated with COVID-19 among 86000 patients with congenital heart disease

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Objective To determine the magnitude of any excess risk of mortality and hospitalisation due to COVID-19 infection in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) in the UK healthcare system. Of patients with a positive COVID-19 test, patients with CHD were more likely than controls to be hospitalised (22.4%

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What are the Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases With Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Tetralogy of Fallot TOF with pulmonary atresia Pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum Tricuspid atresia Double outlet right ventricle Transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis Ebstein’s anomaly of tricuspid valve In DORV and tricuspid atresia, there are also variants with increased pulmonary (..)

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What are the Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases with Increased Pulmonary Blood Flow?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

D-Transposition of great arteries Double outlet right ventricle without pulmonary pulmonary stenosis Taussig-Bing anomaly Total anomalous pulmonary venous return Truncus arteriosus Single ventricle (double inlet ventricle, univentricular heart)