Emergency department management of patients with adult congenital heart disease: a consensus paper from the ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease, the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), and the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care (ACVC).
Massimo ChessaMargarita BridaMichael A GatzoulisGerhard-Paul DillerJolien W Roos-HesselinkKonstantinos DimopoulosWilhelm BehringerMartin MöckelAlessandro GiambertiLorenzo GallettiSusana PriceHelmut BaumgartnerPastora GallegoOktay TutarelPublished in: European heart journal (2021)
Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients represent a growing population with increasing use of acute emergency department (ED) care. Providing comprehensive ED care necessitates an understanding of the most common clinical scenarios to improve morbidity and mortality in this population. The aim of this position document is to provide a consensus regarding the management of the most common clinical scenarios of ACHD patients presenting to the ED.
Keyphrases
- congenital heart disease
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- climate change
- emergency medicine
- pain management
- intensive care unit
- drug induced
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- adverse drug
- case report
- affordable care act
- acute respiratory distress syndrome