Simple stress echocardiography unmasks early pulmonary vascular disease in adult congenital heart disease

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Oct 15:197:312-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.062. Epub 2015 Jun 27.

Authors

Annelieke C M J van Riel¹, Rianne H A C M de Bruin-Bon², Emma C Gertsen², Ilja M Blok¹, Barbara J M Mulder¹, Berto J Bouma³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ICIN - Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: b.j.bouma@amc.uva.nl.

PMID: 26151593
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.062

No abstract available

Keywords: Adult congenital heart disease; Exercise echocardiography; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary vascular disease.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Early Diagnosis
Echocardiography, Stress*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Vascular Diseases / epidemiology