Congenital heart disease

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Congenital lesions account for only about 2% of heart disease that presents in adulthood. Only the most common acyanotic lesions are discussed here. The review articles cited below provide further discussion of the major congenital conditions that affect adults.

Brickner ME et al: Congenital heart disease in adults. N Engl J Med 2000;342:256 and 334.
Corno AF: Surgery for congenital heart disease. Curr Opin Cardiol 2000;15:238.
Moodie DS: Diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease in the adult. Cardiol Rev 2001;9:276.
Perloff JK et al: Challenges posed by adults with repaired congenital heart disease. Circulation 2001;103:2637.

• Introduction
  
• Pulmonary Stenosis
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • General Considerations
    
  • Clinical Findings
    
  • Prognosis & Treatment

• Coarctation of the Aorta
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • General Considerations
    
  • Clinical Findings
    
  • Prognosis & Treatment

• Atrial Septal Defect and patent foramen ovale
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • General Considerations
    
  • Clinical Findings
    
  • Prognosis & Treatment
  
  
  
• Ventricular Septal Defect
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • General Considerations
    
  • Clinical Findings
    
  • Prognosis & Treatment
  
  
  
• Patent ductus arteriosus
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • General Considerations
    
  • Clinical Findings
    
  • Prognosis & Treatment

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Cardiovascular Screening of Athletes   The Cardiac Patient & Pregnancy   Cardiovascular Complications of Pregnancy   The Cardiac Patient & Surgery   Traumatic Heart Disease   Pulmonary Heart Disease (Cor Pulmonale)   Cardiac Involvement in Miscellaneous Systemic Diseases   Neoplastic Diseases of the Heart   Constrictive Pericarditis   Primary Pulmonary Hypertension   Pericardial Effusion   Acute Pericarditis

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