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- Title
Imaging the adult with congenital heart disease: a multimodality imaging approach—position paper from the EACVI.
- Authors
Salvo, Giovanni Di; Miller, Owen; Narayan, Sonya Babu; Li, Wei; Budts, Werner; Buechel, Emanuela R Valsangiacomo; Frigiola, Alessandra; Bosch, Annemien E van den; Bonello, Beatrice; Mertens, Luc; Hussain, Tarique; Parish, Victoria; Habib, Gilbert; Edvardsen, Thor; Geva, Tal; Baumgartner, Helmut; Gatzoulis, Michael A; Committee, the 2016–2018 EACVI Scientific Documents
- Abstract
Advances in the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease have led to a marked improvement in the survival of adult with congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients. However, ACHD patients are a heterogeneous population, with a large spectrum of anatomic substrates even within specific lesions. In addition, the nature of previous surgery and other intervention is highly variable rendering each patient unique and residual anatomic and haemodynamic abnormalities are very common. As the ACHD population continues to age, acquired heart disease will also require cardiac imaging assessment. It is increasingly recognized in ACHD community that the diagnostic utility of a multimodality cardiovascular approach is greater than the sum of individual tests. In ACHD patients, diagnostic information can be obtained using a variety of diagnostic tools. The aims of this document are to describe the role of each diagnostic modality in the care of ACHD patients and to provide guidelines for a multimodality approach. The goal should be to provide the most appropriate and cost-effective diagnostic pathway for each individual ACHD patient.
- Subjects
EUROPE; CONGENITAL heart disease diagnosis; CARDIOVASCULAR disease diagnosis; COST effectiveness; HEMODYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; ADULTS
- Publication
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 10, p1077
- ISSN
2047-2404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ehjci/jey102