Imaging the adult with congenital heart disease: a multimodality imaging approach-position paper from the EACVI
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
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.
Date Issued
2018-10-01
Date Acceptance
2018-06-28
Citation
EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2018, 19 (10), pp.1077-1098
ISSN
2047-2412
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
1077
End Page
1098
Journal / Book Title
EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume
19
Issue
10
Copyright Statement
Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Sponsor
British Heart Foundation
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30084968
PII: 5067134
Grant Number
FS/11/38/28864
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
ACHD
multimodality imaging
echocardiography
cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
cardiac computed tomography
ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION
CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE
PULMONARY VALVE-REPLACEMENT
RIGHT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
SYSTEMIC RIGHT VENTRICLE
WAVE DOPPLER-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
FUNCTIONAL SINGLE VENTRICLE
TERM FOLLOW-UP
REPAIRED TETRALOGY
AMERICAN SOCIETY
Adult
Heart Defects, Congenital
Humans
Multimodal Imaging
2016–2018 EACVI Scientific Documents Committee
Humans
Heart Defects, Congenital
Adult
Multimodal Imaging
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2018-08-06