Acknowledgments I am deeply indebted for the mentorship, comments, and editorial guidance given to me by Drs. Gary Webb and Charles Bullaboy. Furthermore, I am indebted to my wife and…
Introduction Since its first description in 1840 by Thurman, varying terminologies and classifications have been used to describe the sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SV aneurysm). Because this lesion lies on…
Acknowledgments We wish to thank Professor Adrienne H. Kovacs for the thorough and careful review of the manuscript. A 52-year-old man with severe Ebstein anomaly, atrial septal defect, and chronic…
For the first time in history, there are now more adults than children living with congenital heart disease (CHD) in North America. Adults with CHD of moderate or great complexity,…
A 30-year-old woman with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repaired at age 5 years was seen in the adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) clinic. Her physician gave encouraging advice: there was…
Congenital heart disease is one of the most common birth defects, and with 85% of these children now surviving into adulthood, an increasing number of patients require ongoing care. Many,…
Introduction Advances in pediatric and interventional cardiology, intensive care medicine, and cardiac surgery have resulted in tremendous improvements in life expectancy of patients born with a heart defect. Due to…
Pregnancy in any woman is a physiological challenge, but in women with congenital heart disease (CHD) it may pose considerable risks to both mother and fetus. Cardiac disease remains the…
Heart malformation is the most common form of congenital abnormality, occurring in approximately 0.8% of all babies born. Following improvements in surgery and medicine since the 1960s, most people with…
Acknowledgment Dr. Horlick is supported by the Peter Munk Chair in Structural Heart Disease. Cardiac catheterization remains a fundamental modality for the diagnosis and interventional treatment of adult congenital heart…
