Coronary artery disease in older adults with congenital heart defects: risk factors and pharmacotherapy.

Introduction: With advancing age, adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) are at a higher risk of developing atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD).

Objectives: We aimed to determine the prevalence of CAD, its risk factors, and use of guideline‑directed pharmacotherapy among older patients with ACHD.  Patients and methods: We studied all ACHD patients aged 60 years or older hospitalized in our department between the years 2013 and 2020.

The burden of cardiovascular risk factors among seniors with congenital heart disease: A single tertiary center experience.

Background: The number of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) surviving to old age is increasing worldwide. Acquired cardiovascular comorbidities may complicate the course and treatment of the underlying congenital disease and worsen the prognosis.

Aims: The study aimed to assess the burden of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors among elderly patients with ACHD.

What to look for in patient with continuous murmur and history of ventricular septal defect?

During diagnostic process it is very important to conduct scrupulous interview and thorough physical examination. Properly interpreted auscultation phenomena allow for appropriate planning of further imaging studies.

Systemic right ventricle in elderly patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: Clinical profile, cardiac biomarkers, and echocardiographic parameters.

Objective: The number of patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) surviving to old age is increasing. This study therefore sought to characterize 'geriatric' systemic right ventricle (sRV) in terms of clinical profile, cardiac biomarkers, and echocardiography-derived function when compared with findings in younger patients.

Methods: A single-center cross-sectional study of adults with ccTGA was performed.