Opportunities for training to advance the care for adults with congenital heart disease with advanced circulatory failure.
Christopher R BrodaPublished in: Congenital heart disease (2019)
Heart failure is an emerging issue with important implications in adult patients with congenital heart disease. Practitioners with expertise in both adult congenital heart disease and heart failure are needed to manage this growing and often complex population. In the United States, the optimal training pathway to enable practitioners to best care for these patients is ill-defined. This article explores possibilities and issues that interested trainees may encounter during their training experience.
Keyphrases
- congenital heart disease
- heart failure
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- palliative care
- virtual reality
- general practice
- ejection fraction
- quality improvement
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- left ventricular
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- pain management
- acute heart failure
- young adults
- health insurance