2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Published: August 16, 2018
- Congenital heart disease (CHD) encompasses a range of structural cardiac abnormalities present before birth due to abnormal fetal cardiac development but excludes inherited disorders that may have cardiac manifestations or anatomic variants.
- Adult CHD (ACHD) prevalence has increased due to the success of pediatric cardiology and congenital cardiac surgery in diagnosing and treating congenital heart defects in children.
- This guideline fully revises the "2008 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease," which was the first U.S. guideline on the topic, with recommendations that leverage new data and growing ACHD expertise.
Supporting Materials
- Top Things to Know: 2018 Guideline for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
- Executive Summary: 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
- Systematic Review: Medical Therapy for Systemic Right Ventricles: A Systematic Review (Part 1) for the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
- Systematic Review: Interventional Therapy Versus Medical Therapy for Secundum Atrial Septal Defect: A Systematic Review (Part 2) for the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
- Slide Set (PDF)
- News Release: Societies Release Updated Guideline for Treating Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients
- AHA News: More personalized guidelines for treating adults with congenital heart disease
Recommended Reading
- 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Disease in the Older Adult
- 2017 Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
- 2013 Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
- 2017 Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
- Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
- 2017 Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary
- Chronic Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease
- 2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation