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Congenital Heart Disease

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Congenital heart disease (CHD) represents a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by cardiovascular anomalies that are present from birth. These abnormalities vary from simple isolated lesions such as an isolated bicuspid aortic valve to complex syndromes characterized by multiple cardiovascular abnormalities, such as Noonan’s syndrome. The clinician treating patients with CHD takes on a daunting task because they must fully understand not only the anatomy and hemodynamics of the “normal” cardiovascular system but also the perturbations present in patients with a wide mix of unoperated and post-operative congenital cardiovascular defects. Added is the burden of calculating the effects of acquired diseases that develop in a growing, aging CHD population.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles Medical Center, Harbor-University of California, Torrance, CA, USA

    Priya Pillutla

  2. Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center, Ahmanson Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, 100 Medical Plaza Drive, Suite 770, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

    Jamil A. Aboulhosn

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  1. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, UCLA, Torrance, California, USA

    Matthew J. Budoff

  2. Department of Cardiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Stephan S. Achenbach

  3. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, New York, USA

    Harvey S. Hecht

  4. Department of Cardiology , Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA

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Pillutla, P., Aboulhosn, J.A. (2018). Congenital Heart Disease. In: Budoff, M., Achenbach, S., Hecht, H., Narula, J. (eds) Atlas of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7357-1_17

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