Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease in Adulthood: How Often, How Relevant?

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is typically detected during fetal life, infancy, or early childhood. However, there is no published data regarding the proportion of congenital heart defects that are diagnosed in adulthood or the impact of these defects. Retrospective analyses of all consecutive patients (n = 1,010) referred to an adult CHD unit between 2018 and 2023.

Hemodynamic Monitoring of Pediatric Patients With Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Using CardioMEMS.

Background: The CardioMEMS is an implantable device for hemodynamic monitoring approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for adult patients with heart failure. It has been used in the adult population without structural heart disease and with congenital heart diseases, but we do not have data in the pediatric population.

Methods: We report the initial single-center experience of the CardioMEMS implantation in children.