Congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults

Abstract

1. The problem - an overview.- 2. Pulmonary vascular disease in congenital heart disease in adults.- 3. The adolescent and adult with complex congenital heart disease: which patients should offer surgery?.- 4. Transoesophageal echocardiography in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease.- 5. Magnetic resonance imaging.- 6. Interventional cardiac catheterization for primary or residual congenital cardiac lesions.- 7. Pulmonary atresia.- 8. The Fontan circulation.- 9. Non-invasive assessment of the Fontan circulation.- 10. Supraventricular arrhythmias in congenital heart disease.- 11. Ventricular arrhythmias after repair of congenital heart disease: who needs treatment?.- 12. Infective endocarditis: treatment and prophylaxis.- 13. Surgery for congenital heart disease in adults.- 14. Cardiac transplantation for congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults.- 15. Congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults: obstetric-gynaecologic counseling.- 16. Psychosocial aspects of congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults.