ESC 2020 ACHD

2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease

Adult congenital heart disease is the field where the patients outlived the evidence: survivors of childhood surgery now outnumber children with congenital defects, yet almost nothing here has been tested in a randomised trial. The three below are the exceptions — advanced pulmonary vasodilator therapy in Eisenmenger syndrome and in the Fontan circulation — and the rest of the guideline rests on registries and expert consensus.

This guideline cites 2 of the 199 landmark trials in our Cardiology register.

Source
Baumgartner H, De Backer J, et al. Eur Heart J. 2021;42(6):563–645. · European Heart Journal

Eisenmenger syndrome — advanced therapy2

  • 2019MAESTROCardiology · PH / ACHD · Eisenmenger syndromeMacitentan in Eisenmenger Syndrome to Restore Exercise Capacity
  • 2006BREATHE-5Cardiology · PH / ACHD · Eisenmenger syndromeBosentan Randomised Trial of Endothelin Antagonist Therapy-5