Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

Force. The finalized document is approved by the CPG for publication in the European Heart
Journal. The Guidelines were developed after careful consideration of the scientific and …

Background Previous congenital heart disease estimates came from few data sources, were
geographically narrow, and did not evaluate congenital heart disease throughout the life …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Background: Because of advancements in care, there has been a decline in mortality from
congenital heart defects (CHDs) over the past several decades. However, there are no …

Definition and management of arterial hypertension in children and adolescents are
uncertain, due to different positions of current guidelines. The European Society of …

In 1998, a clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH) was established,
categorizing PH into groups which share similar pathological and hemodynamic …