Resources

Canadian Guidelines:

• CCS 2009 Consensus Conference on the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
  • Executive summary
    CK Silversides, A Marelli, L Beauchesne, et al. Can J Cardiol 2010;26(3):143-150.
  • Introduction
    A Marelli, L Beauchesne, S Mital, J Therrien, CK Silversides. Can J Cardiol 2010;26(3):e65-e69.
  • Shunt lesions
    CK Silversides, A Dore, N Poirier, et al. Can J Cardiol 2010;26(3):e70-e79.
  • Outflow tract obstruction, coarctation of the aorta, tetralogy of Fallot, Ebstein anomaly and Marfan’s syndrome
    CK Silversides, M Kiess, L Beauchesne, et al. Can J Cardiol 2010;26(3):e80-e97.
  • Complex congenital cardiac lesions
    CK Silversides, O Salehian, E Oechslin, et al. Can J Cardiol 2010;26(3):e98-e117.

• Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2008; 30(3):Suppl 1

United States Guidelines:

• ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
  A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines on the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease). Warnes CA, Williams RG, Bashore TM, et al. Circulation 2008;118:e714-833.
• Proceedings of the 32nd Bethesda Conference: Care of the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Vol. 37, 2001: 1161-98.
  • • Task Force 1: The Changing Profile of Congenital Heart Disease in Adult Life.
      Warnes CA, Liberthson R, Danielson GK, et al. 37(5):1170-5, 2001 Apr.
  • Task Force 2: Special Health Care Needs of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
    Foster E, Graham TP Jr, Driscoll DJ, et al. 37(5):1176-83, 2001 Apr.
• 2008 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease:.
  A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to revise the 1998 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease). Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for CardiovascularAngiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
  Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:e1-142.
• ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias–executive summary:.
  A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart AssociationTask Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of CardiologyCommittee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Supraventricular Arrhythmias).
  Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Scheinman MM, Aliot EM, et al. Circulation 2003;108:1871-909
• ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation:.
  A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.
  Fuster V, Ryden LE, Cannom DS, et al. Circulation 2006;114:e257-354
• ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death:.
  A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (writing committee to develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death): developed In collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.
  Zipes DP, Camm AJ, Borggrefe M, et al. Circulation 2006;114:e385-484.
• Report of the National High Blood pressure Education Program working Group on High Blood pressure in pregnancy.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000; 183(1) S1-S22.
• Prevention of infective endocarditis:
  Guidelines from the American Heart Association: a guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group.
  Wilson W, Taubert KA, Gewitz M, et al. Circulation 2007;116:1736-54.
• ACC/AHA 2008 Guideline update on valvular heart disease:
  Focused update on infective endocarditis: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
  Nishimura RA, Carabello BA, Faxon DP, et al. J.Am.Coll.Cardiol 2008;52:676-685.
• American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs. Transfer of drugs and other chemicals into human milk.
  Pediatrics 2001;108:776-89.
• ACOG Practice Bulletin. No. 73: Use of hormonal contraception in women with coexisting medical conditions.
  Obstet Gynecol 2006;107:1453-72.
• WHO. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use 2009.

European Guidelines:

• Task force on the management of cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology. Expert consensus document on management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy.
  Eur Heart J 2003;24:761-81.
• The Task Force on the Management of Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
  Baumgartner H, Bonhoeffer P, De Groot NM, de Haan F, Deanfield JE, Galie N, Gatzoulis MA, Gohlke-Baerwolf C, Kaemmerer H, Kilner P, Meijboom F, Mulder BJ, Oechslin E, Oliver JM, Serraf A, Szatmari A, Thaulow E, Vouhe PR, Walma E. Eur Heart J. 2010.
  Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of) ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Report of the British Cardiac Society Working Party. Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs and provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease in the UK.
  Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2002; 88 Suppl 1:i1-14.
• Report of the British Cardiac Society Working Party. Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs and provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease in the UK.
  Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2002; 88 Suppl 1:i1-14.

Suggested Review Papers on Pregnancy & Heart Disease

• Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease.
  Connolly HM. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2005;7(4):305-9. Review.
• Outcome of pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease: a literature review.
  Drenthen W, Pieper PG, Roos-Hesselink JW, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:2303-11.
• Congenital heart disease and pregnancy: maternal and fetal risks.
  Earing MG, Webb GD. Clin Perinatol 2005;32(4):913-9, viii-ix. Review.
• Valvular heart disease and pregnancy part I: native valves.
  Elkayam U, Bitar F. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46(2):223-30. Review.
• Valvular heart disease and pregnancy: part II: prosthetic valves.
  Elkayam U, Bitar F. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 2;46(3):403-10. Review.
• Valvular disease in pregnancy.
  Oakley CM. Curr Opin Cardiol. 1996;11(2):155-9. Review
• Pregnancy in high risk cardiac conditions.
  Roos-Hesselink JW, Duvekot JJ, Thorne SA. Heart 2009; 95:680-686.
• Choosing the best contraceptive method for the adult with congenital heart disease.
  Silversides CK, Sermer M, Siu SC. Curr Cardiol Rep 2009;11(4):298-305. Review.
• Heart disease and pregnancy.
  Siu SC, Colman JM. Heart. 2001;85(6):710-5. Review. No abstract available.
• Cardiovascular problems and pregnancy: an approach to management.
  Siu S, Colman JM. Cleve Clin J Med. 2004;71(12):977-85. Review.
• Pregnancy and contraception in heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  Thorne S, Nelson-Piercy C, MacGregor A, Gibbs S, Crowhurst J, Panay N, Rosenthal E, Walker F, Williams D, de Swiet M, Guillebaud J. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2006;32:75-81.
• Risks of contraception and pregnancy in heart disease.
  Thorne S, MacGregor A, Nelson-Piercy C. Heart 2006;92:1520-5.
• Pregnancy and congenital heart disease.
  Uebing A, Steer PJ, Yentis SM, Gatzoulis MA. BMJ. 2006;332(7538):401-6. Review.

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Glossary