Recommendations for adult and paediatric cardiologists on obtaining additional qualification in "Adults with Congenital Heart Disease" (ACHD)

被引：20

作者：

Hess, John ^{[2
]}

Bauer, Ulrike ^{[1
]}

de Haan, Fokko ^{[3
]}

Flesh, Julia ^{[4
]}

Gohlke-Baerwolf, Christa ^{[5
]}

Hagl, Siegfried ^{[6
]}

Hofbeck, Michael ^{[7
]}

Kaemmerer, Harald ^{[2
]}

Kallfelz, Hans Carlo ^{[13
]}

Lange, Peter E. ^{[1
]}

Nock, Hermine ^{[8
]}

Schirmer, Karl Robert ^{[9
]}

Schmaltz, Achim A. ^{[1
,7
]}

Tebbe, Ulrich ^{[10
]}

Weyand, Michael ^{[11
]}

Breithardt, Guenter ^{[12
]}

机构：

[1] Competence Network Congenital Heart Defects, D-13353 Berlin, Germany

[2] Tech Univ Munich, German Heart Ctr, Dept Paediat Cardiol & Congenital Heart Defects, D-80636 Munich, Germany

[3] German Soc Cardiologists Private Practice BNK, Munster, Germany

[4] German Assoc Adolescents & Adults Congenital Hear, Munster, Germany

[5] Herz Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany

[6] Heidelberg Univ Clin, Dept Heart Surg, Heidelberg, Germany

[7] Univ Tubingen, Paediat Clin, Dept Paediat Cardiol, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany

[8] German Assoc Children Heart Dis BVHK, Aachen, Germany

[9] Assoc Practicing Paediat Cardiologists ANKK, Stuttgart, Germany

[10] Lippe Detmold Clin, Med Clin Cardiol 2, Detmold, Germany

[11] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Ctr Heart Surg, D-8520 Erlangen, Germany

[12] Munster Univ Hosp, Med Clin & Policlin C, D-48129 Munster, Germany

[13] Deutsch Herzstiftung eV, Frankfurt, Germany

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 2011年 / 149卷 / 02期

关键词：

Congenital heart disease; Qualification; Adult patients; Medical care;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.01.007

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Background: The number of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients will be larger in the medium to long term than that of children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. The present structures for the medical care of ACHD patients are not sufficient and need to be improved. Therefore the Task Force aimed at developing recommendations for adult and paediatric cardiologists to acquire the additional qualification "Adults with Congenital Heart Disease" (ACDH). Methods: The members of the interdisciplinary Task Force were selected on the basis of their special clinical, scientific and organisational expertise. The leading author submitted a draft version, which was revised by a sub-group of the interdisciplinary Task Force. It was subsequently agreed upon and re-circulated by all the members of the Task Force. The recommendations were then presented to the relevant committees of all participating associations and groups and approved following detailed discussion. Results: A training programme for acquiring an additional qualification in the treatment of adults with congenital heart disease was created successfully. Conclusions: The medical care of adults with congenital heart disease is a sub-speciality in the border area between adult cardiology and paediatric cardiology. ACHD cardiologists are to be specially trained experts with appropriate knowledge and special skills and experience in the diagnosis and therapy of congenital heart disease in adults. ACHD cardiologists should be able to recognise and treat problems that occur in adulthood in connection with congenital heart disease. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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