Recent Advances in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiovascular Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

As you well know, the landscape of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) cardiovascular medicine is a rapidly evolving field. Worldwide patient complexity is increasing with a parallel increase in the risk of cardiovascular complications and mortality. Structured follow-up by ACHD certified cardiologists is required for selected patients with high complexity, but mild or moderate complex patients are often followed by non ACHD-expert cardiologists. Proper delivery of clinical care, however, does imply some background knowledge of ACHD-specific cardiovascular features. In addition, proper referral to surgical and transcatheter techniques is pivotal, as is proper timing for referring selected patients to heart transplant centers when necessary. Moreover, new cardiovascular drugs have been developed, tested, and introduced into practice in the acquired cardiovascular disease arena, but limited data exist regarding use of such therapies in our field.

To enhance awareness of ACHD as a subspecialty of modern cardiology, this Special Issue aims to collect articles describing different ACHD-related features, including but not limited to research articles and review papers.

We are pleased to invite you, as a key opinion leader in this field, to contribute to this issue, and we welcome the participation of related scholars and experts.

We would like to propose a specific topic for you, but feel free to modify the title and subject based on your expertise.

Dr. Gabriele Egidy Assenza
Dr. Emanuela Concetta D'Angelo
Guest Editors

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