Abstract
Recently, the new European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease were published. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, on this occasion, they were presented virtually during the last European Cardiology Congress. The greater survival of adults with congenital heart disease is a result of the latest advances in new interventionist treatments for repairing congenital heart defects, the implementation of new medical management, and, especially, better risk stratification for catheterization and surgical times.
Highlights
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic [1,2] has affected all on-site scientific events, and the most recent 2020 European Cardiology Congress is no exception
The year 2020 will be remembered as a year of great changes for humanity
A strength of the recent guidelines is that they emphasize the organization of work groups to manage each special situation in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), and ACHDC-IASC strongly agrees with this idea
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic [1,2] has affected all on-site scientific events, and the most recent 2020 European Cardiology Congress is no exception It was conducted virtually from August 29 to September 1 [3]. As with its predecessor published in 2010 [7], this new version has been developed by members of the Task Force for the Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology previously chosen by the ESC. This task force includes a large select group of global experts on several cardiology topics related to congenital heart disease (CHD). It includes several tables and algorithms for making medical, interventionist and surgical decisions in the various CHDs, which makes them very didactic and easy to understand
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