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- Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines: 2018-American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Introduction: 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Complex congenital cardiac lesions: 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Executive summary: 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Outflow tract obstruction, coarctation of the aorta, tetralogy of Fallot, Ebstein anomaly and Marfan’s syndrome: 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Shunt lesions: 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society
- Congenital coronary artery anomalies: a bridge from embryology to anatomy and pathophysiology—a position statement of the development, anatomy, and pathology : 2015 ESC Working Group
- ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease 2020:
- ESC Guidelines for the management of grown-up congenital heart disease: (new version 2010)-The Task Force on the Management of Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- Genetic counselling and testing in adults with congenital heart disease: A consensus document of the ESC WG ACHD, ESC WG on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease and the European Society of Human Genetics, 2020.
- Recommendations for advance care planning in adults with congenital heart disease: a position paper from ESC, ACNAP, EPAC, ISACHD, 2020.
- Recommendations for organization of care for adults with congenital heart disease and for training in the subspecialty of ‘Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease’ in Europe: a position paper of the Working Group on Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology: 2014 WorkingGrouponGrown-up Congenital Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology
- Recommendations for participation in competitive sport in adolescent and adult athletes with congenital Heart Disease: position statement from EAPC, ESC, WG ACHD, AEPC, 2020.
- Surgery for Aortic Dilatation in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves: ACC/AHA 2016 Statement
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases: ESC 2014 Guidelines
- Diagnosis and management of Thoracic Aortic Disease: ACCF/AHA 2010 Guidelines
- ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease: 2017 The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
- Transcatheter adult congenital heart disease interventions: organization of care – recommendations from a Joint Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), European Association of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention (EAPCI): 2009 ESC Working Group Position Paper
- ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: 2018 The Task Force on myocardial revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
- ASE Statement on Protection of Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: American Society of Echocardiography 2020
- British Congenital Cardiac Association COVID-19 (Corona Virus): Vulnerable groups with congenital heart disease: British Congenital Cardiac Association 2020
- Position Statement of the ESC Council on Hypertension on ACE-Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) March 2020
- GUIDANCE FROM THE CCS COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE TEAM COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease: What the Cardiac Healthcare Provider Should Know: Canadian Cardiac Society 2020
- WHO Global research on coronavirus disease: World Health Organization 2020
- NEJM resource on COVID-19: NEJM 2020
- Lancet resource on COVID-19:
- British Medical Journal COVID-19 resource: British Medical Journal 2020
- American College of Cardiology COVID-19 hub: American College of Cardiology 2020
- American Heart Association CoVID-19 resources for patients: American Heart Association 2020
- American Heart Association CoViD-19 resources for health professionals: American Heart Association 2020
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19): a guide for UK GPs: BMJ March 2020
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease: CIRCULATION AHA 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection in Pregnancy: Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynocology 2020
- ESC resource on COVID-19: ESC 2020
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses-Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: American Association of Critical Care Nurses March 2020
- Patient Handout by Global ARCH – COVID-19 and CHD: Global ARCH April 2020
- 3D Echo in Congenital Heart Disease: 2017 EACI/ASE Expert Consensus
- Echocardiography in Adults with Congenital Heart Defects: ISACHD Concensus Recommendations
- Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examination in Children and All Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: 2018 Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography
- Multimodality Imaging Guidelines for Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: 2014 A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society for Pediatric Radiology
- Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Septal Defect and Patent Foramen Ovale: 2015 From the American Society of Echocardiography and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
- Multimodality Imaging Guidelines of Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries: 2016 A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay: 2018 American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society Clinical Practice Guidelines
- ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope: 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope
- ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS : 2016 The Task Force for the management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- Arrhythmias in congenital heart disease: a position paper of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease, endorsed by HRS, PACES, APHRS, and SOLAEC: 2018 EHRA
- Management of Ventricular Arrhythmia and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: 2015 ESC Guidelines
- Recognition of and Management of Arrhythmias in Adult CHD: 2014 PACES/HRS Expert Consensus
- Device-based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: ACCF/AHA/HRS 2012 Guidelines
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure: 2016 ESC Guidelines
- Management of Heart Failure: 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Guidelines
- Treatment of heart failure in adult congenital heart disease: a position paper : 2016 Working Group of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
- Management of Heart Failure: 2013 ACCF/AHA Guidelines
- Care of Heart Transplant Recipients: 2010 ISHLT Guidelines
- Imaging the adult with congenital heart disease: a multimodality imaging approach—position paper from the EACVI: 2018 EACVI
- Indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children with congenital and acquired heart disease:an expert consensus paper : 2015 Imaging Working Group of the AEPC and the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Section of the EACVI
- Multimodality Imaging of Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta in Adults: 2015 From the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
- ESC Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnancy Clinical Practice Guidelines: 2018
- ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy: 2018 The Task Force for the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
- Management of Pregnancy in Patients With Complex Congenital Heart Disease A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association: 2017 AHA SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT
- Cardiovascular Risk Assessment During Ob/Gyn Visits Presidential Advisory: Cardiology (ESC)
- Hypertension in Pregnancy Hypertension Canada’s Guidelines: 2018
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Cardiac Disease: 2014 AHA Scientific Statement
- Current management of patients with severe acute peripartum cardiomyopathy: 2016 Practical guidance from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy: 2010 Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripartum cardiomyopath
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