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Burden of Heart Failure in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

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Patients born with congenital heart disease (CHD) have benefited from remarkable advances in surgical and catheter-based interventions. As a result, the majority of children born with even the most complex forms of CHD live into adulthood. The specialized field of adult CHD (ACHD) was born out of the necessity to care for this new population of survivors of childhood CHD and their distinctive features. In this review, relevant aspects of ACHD that lead to, and are affected by, heart failure will be examined along with the increasing prevalence of HF in the burgeoning population of ACHD. We also highlight the challenges in defining HF in this particular group of patients.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, 02115, MA, USA

    Laith I. Alshawabkeh & Alexander R. Opotowsky

  2. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Laith I. Alshawabkeh & Alexander R. Opotowsky

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Alshawabkeh, L.I., Opotowsky, A.R. Burden of Heart Failure in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Curr Heart Fail Rep 13, 247–254 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11897-016-0301-0

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