Care of patients with congenital heart diseases in Czech Republic does not have only important history, falling to the prewar period, but especially systematic and long-term work with excellent results in pediatric patients. With improvements in the care of these patients also improves their survival with the need for continuous care in adulthood including reoperation, catheter ablations incisional tachycardias and other specialized procedures in difficult heart morphology. The article is a reflection and an appeal to all responsible professionals, organizers and payers of health care, how to proceed and provide specialized training, continuity of care for these patients, including proposed organizational changes and outlines the need for further development in this important medical field.
Keywords: centers of specialized care - congenital heart diseases - education..