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Noninvasive diagnostic modalities and prediction models for detecting pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease: a narrative review.  Eur Respir Rev 33. , 2024. A Novel Echocardiographic Parameter to Confirm Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Severity.  JACC Adv 3(10):101245 , 2024. Respiratory syncytial virus immunization patterns in Germany, 2015-2020.  Hum Vaccin Immunother 20(1):2380110 , 2024. Is Artificial Intelligence the Missing Link Between Administrative Data and Complete Patient-Level Health Records?  JACC Adv 3(2):100802 , 2024. B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict long-term mortality in a large cohort of adults with congenital heart disease.  Eur Heart J 45(23):2066-2075 , 2024. Occurrence and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis after Surgical Compared to Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Congenital Heart Disease.  J Clin Med 13. , 2024. Surveillance of adults with congenital heart disease: Current guidelines and actual clinical practice.  Int J Cardiol 407:132022 , 2024. Impact of COVID-19 Infections among Unvaccinated Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a Nationwide Analysis in the First Phase of the Pandemic.  J Clin Med 13. , 2024. Utility of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Based on Published Data from 7458 Patients.  J Clin Med 13. , 2023. [Pulmonary arterial hypertension in congenital heart disease – Part I].  Pneumologie 77(11):956-961 , 2023. Alternative access for transapical transcatheter mitral valve implantation.  JTCVS Tech 21:102-105 , 2023. A case series of double-chambered left ventricle detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.  Eur Heart J Case Rep 7(5):ytad173 , 2023. Prognostic Value of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.  J Am Heart Assoc 12(6):e023118 , 2023. Immunodeficiency is prevalent in congenital heart disease and associated with increased risk of emergency admissions and death.  Eur Heart J 44(34):3250-3260 , 2023. Infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease: Contemporary management and related outcomes in Central and South-Eastern European region.  Int J Cardiol 377:45-50 , 2023. Changing epidemiology of congenital heart disease: effect on outcomes and quality of care in adults.  Nat Rev Cardiol 20(2):126-137 , 2022. Artificial Intelligence in Congenital Heart Disease: Current State and Prospects.  JACC Adv 1(5):100153 , 2022. Treatment of advanced heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease: a narrative review and clinical cases.  Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 12(5):727-743 , 2022. A framework of deep learning networks provides expert-level accuracy for the detection and prognostication of pulmonary arterial hypertension.  Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 23(11):1447-1456 , 2022. [2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy Developed by the Task Force on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)].  G Ital Cardiol (Rome) 23(7 Suppl 1):e1-e94 , 2022. Response to: Low molecular weight guluronate: A potential therapies for inspiratory muscle dysfunction and restrictive lung function impairment in congenital heart disease by Guiyuan He, Ruiting Zhou, Tingyuan Huang, Fanjun Zeng.  Int J Cardiol 363:40 , 2022. Three-dimensional printing, holograms, computational modelling, and artificial intelligence for adult congenital heart disease care: an exciting future.  Eur Heart J 43(28):2672-2684 , 2022. Sudden cardiac death in adults with congenital heart disease: Lessons to Learn from the ATROPOS registry.  Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis 9:100396 , 2022. Surgical pulmonary valve replacement at a tertiary adult congenital heart centre in the current era.  Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis 9:100394 , 2022. 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: Developed by the Task Force on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).  Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 75(5):430 , 2022. Epidemiology and management of Staphylococcus Aureus infective endocarditis in adult patients with congenital heart disease: A single tertiary center experience.  Int J Cardiol 360:23-28 , 2022. Reference Values for Wristband Accelerometry Data in Children Aged 6-11 Years of Age.  Front Pediatr 10:808372 , 2022. Thyroid Dysfunction under Amiodarone in Patients with and without Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a Nationwide Analysis.  J Clin Med 11. , 2022. Eisenmenger Syndrome: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.  J Am Coll Cardiol 79(12):1183-1198 , 2022. Incidence and Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus before Catheter Ablation of Thrombogenic Arrhythmias.  J Pers Med 12. , 2022. Deep Learning in Medicine.  JACC Adv 1(1):100017 , 2022. Impact of Right Ventricular Pressure Load After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot.  J Am Heart Assoc 11(7):e022694 , 2022. Incidence and predictors of left atrial appendage thrombus on transesophageal echocardiography before elective cardioversion.  Sci Rep 12(1):3671 , 2022. Accuracy of Deep Learning Echocardiographic View Classification in Patients with Congenital or Structural Heart Disease: Importance of Specific Datasets.  J Clin Med 11. , 2022. Adult Congenital Heart Disease Academy 2021 live meeting-first international in-person cardiology meeting since COVID-19 outbreak.  Eur Heart J 43(11):1024-1026 , 2022. Erectile Dysfunction in Men With Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Prevalent but Neglected Issue.  Korean Circ J 52(3):233-242 , 2022. Late outcome, therapy and systemic ventricular function in patients with a systemic right ventricle: data of the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects.  Cardiol Young 32(8):1235-1245 , 2022. Predicting Survival in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Lesion-Specific and Personalized Approach.  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 15(2):257-268 , 2022. 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy.  Europace 24(1):71-164 , 2022. [Adults with congenital heart disease presenting to the emergency department : Potential pitfalls].  Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 117(2):100-111 , 2021. The use of pulmonary arterial hypertension therapies in Eisenmenger syndrome.  Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 19(12):1053-1061 , 2021. Medicine-Based Evidence in Congenital Heart Disease: How Artificial Intelligence Can Guide Treatment Decisions for Individual Patients.  Front Cardiovasc Med 8:798215 , 2021. Frequency, Mortality, and Predictors of Adverse Outcomes for Endocarditis in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a Nationwide Analysis including 2512 Endocarditis Cases.  J Clin Med 10. , 2021. Clinical Value of Stress Transaortic Flow Rate During Dobutamine Echocardiography in Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis: A Multicenter Study.  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 14(11):e012809 , 2021. Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease: a nationwide analysis.  Eur Heart J 42(41):4252-4260 , 2021. Quantifying Left Atrial Size in the Context of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Which Echocardiographic Method Correlates to Outcome of Pulmonary Venous Isolation?  J Pers Med 11. , 2021. Treatment of adults with Eisenmenger syndrome-state of the art in the 21st century: a short overview.  Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 11(4):1190-1199 , 2021. Study design and rationale of the pAtients pResenTing with cOngenital heaRt dIseAse Register (ARTORIA-R).  ESC Heart Fail 8(6):5542-5550 , 2021. Ventricular assist devices in paediatric cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease: An analysis of the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects.  Int J Cardiol 343:37-44 , 2021. 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy.  Eur Heart J 42(35):3427-3520 , 2021. Optimizing Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a Conjoint Analysis Based on a Nationwide Sample of Patients Included in the German National Register.  J Clin Med 10. , 2021. High-Density Mapping Revealing Figure-of-Eight Re-Entrant Atrial Tachycardia in Uhl’s Anomaly.  JACC Clin Electrophysiol 7(8):1074-1075 , 2021. Impact of specialized electrophysiological care on the outcome of catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardias in adults with congenital heart disease: Independent risk factors and gender aspects.  Heart Rhythm 18(11):1852-1859 , 2021. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease: a population-based study.  Eur Heart J 42(41):4241-4248 , 2021. Emergency department management of patients with adult congenital heart disease: a consensus paper from the ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease, the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), and the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care (ACVC).  Eur Heart J 42(26):2527-2535 , 2021. Lifespan Perspective on Congenital Heart Disease Research: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.  J Am Coll Cardiol 77(17):2219-2235 , 2021. Antiarrhythmic drugs-safety and efficacy during pregnancy.  Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 32(2):145-151 , 2021. Management considerations in the adult with surgically modified d-transposition of the great arteries.  Heart 107(20):1613-1619 , 2021. Peripheral microangiopathy in Eisenmenger syndrome: A nailfold video capillaroscopy study.  Int J Cardiol 336:54-59 , 2021. A new approach to modelling in adult congenital heart disease: artificial intelligence.  Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 74(7):573-575 , 2021. Coronavirus disease 2019 in adults with congenital heart disease: a position paper from the ESC working group of adult congenital heart disease, and the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease.  Eur Heart J 42(19):1858-1865 , 2021. Congenital heart defects as an intrinsic additional risk factor for the occurrence and outcome of myocardial infarction.  Eur Heart J 42(26):2587-2589 , 2021. Heart Failure Results in Inspiratory Muscle Dysfunction Irrespective of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.  Respiration 100(2):96-108 , 2021. European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Study Group for Adult Congenital Heart Care in Central and South Eastern European Countries consensus paper: current status, provision gaps and investment required.  Eur J Heart Fail 23(3):445-453 , 2021. Mortality and morbidity in patients with congenital heart disease hospitalised for viral pneumonia.  Heart 107(13):1069-1076 , 2021. 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease.  Eur Heart J 42(6):563-645 , 2021. Neurological complications in aortic coarctation: Results of a Nationwide analysis based on 11,907 patients.  Int J Cardiol 322:114-120 , 2021. Effects of central apneas on sympathovagal balance and hemodynamics at night: impact of underlying systolic heart failure.  Sleep Breath 25(2):965-977 , 2020. Comparison of Early Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Conservative Management in Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Using Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting: Results From the TOPAS Prospective Observational Cohort Study.  J Am Heart Assoc 9(24):e017870 , 2020. Current use and safety of novel oral anticoagulants in adults with congenital heart disease: results of a nationwide analysis including more than 44 000 patients.  Eur Heart J 41(43):4168-4177 , 2020. The impact of Philanthropy on Cardiovascular Medicine.  Eur Heart J 41(43):4158-4161 , 2020. Utility of deep learning networks for the generation of artificial cardiac magnetic resonance images in congenital heart disease.  BMC Med Imaging 20(1):113 , 2020. Inspiratory muscle dysfunction and restrictive lung function impairment in congenital heart disease: Association with immune inflammatory response and exercise intolerance.  Int J Cardiol 318:45-51 , 2020. Adult congenital heart care in the COVID-19 era, and beyond: A call for action.  Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis 1:100002 , 2020. A case of ‘tiger heart’: a distinct variant of left ventricular non-compaction.  Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 21(12):1434 , 2020. Adult congenital heart disease and the COVID-19 pandemic.  Heart 106(17):1302-1309 , 2020. The ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease.  Eur Heart J 41(20):1870-1871 , 2020. Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Real-World Data from the International COMPERA-CHD Registry.  J Clin Med 9. , 2020. [Anatomic pitfalls and challenges of His bundle pacing].  Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 31(2):104-110 , 2020. Implantable cardiac electronic device therapy for patients with a systemic right ventricle.  Heart 106(14):1052-1058 , 2020. Cardiac catheter intervention complexity and safety outcomes in adult congenital heart disease.  Heart 106(18):1432-1437 , 2020. Prediction of prognosis in patients with tetralogy of Fallot based on deep learning imaging analysis.  Heart 106(13):1007-1014 , 2020. Pulmonary hypertension after shunt closure in patients with simple congenital heart defects.  Int J Cardiol 308:28-32 , 2020. 2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardiaThe Task Force for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).  Eur Heart J 41(5):655-720 , 2019. Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Multisystem Disorder-Do Not Destabilize the Balanced but Fragile Physiology.  Can J Cardiol 35(12):1664-1674 , 2019. Impact of Simulated Hyperventilation and Periodic Breathing on Sympatho-Vagal Balance and Hemodynamics in Patients with and without Heart Failure.  Respiration 98(6):482-494 , 2019. Diaphragm function does not independently predict exercise intolerance in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension after adjustment for right ventricular function.  Biosci Rep 39. , 2019. Denoising and artefact removal for transthoracic echocardiographic imaging in congenital heart disease: utility of diagnosis specific deep learning algorithms.  Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 35(12):2189-2196 , 2019. [Hemodynamic Definition of Pulmonary Hypertension: Commentary on the Proposed Change by the 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension].  Dtsch Med Wochenschr 144(19):1367-1372 , 2019. Sex differences in publication volume and quality in congenital heart disease: are women disadvantaged?  Open Heart 6(1):e000882 , 2019. Blood Viscosity and its Relevance to the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension.  J Am Coll Cardiol 73(20):2640-2642 , 2019. Does gender affect the prognosis and risk of complications in patients with congenital heart disease in the modern era?  Int J Cardiol 290:156-161 , 2019. Atrial septal defect closure in adulthood is associated with normal survival in the mid to longer term.  Heart 105(13):1014-1019 , 2019. Machine learning algorithms estimating prognosis and guiding therapy in adult congenital heart disease: data from a single tertiary centre including 10 019 patients.  Eur Heart J 40(13):1069-1077 , 2019. Heart or heart-lung transplantation for patients with congenital heart disease in England.  Heart 105(8):596-602 , 2019. Utility of machine learning algorithms in assessing patients with a systemic right ventricle.  Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 20(8):925-931 , 2019. Pharmacological therapy in adult congenital heart disease: growing need, yet limited evidence.  Eur Heart J 40(13):1049-1056 , 2019. Cardiovascular risk factors in adults with congenital heart defects – Recognised but not treated? An analysis of the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects.  Int J Cardiol 277:79-84 , 2018. Pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease: Updated Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018.  Int J Cardiol 272S:53-62 , 2018. Cardiac resynchronization therapy in congenital heart disease: Results from the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects.  Int J Cardiol 273:108-111 , 2018. Pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: Updated recommendations from the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018.  Int J Cardiol 272S:79-88 , 2018. Delayed pacemaker requirement after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with a new-generation balloon expandable valve: Should we monitor longer?  Int J Cardiol 273:56-62 , 2018. Response by Brida et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Systemic Right Ventricle in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Anatomic and Phenotypic Spectrum and Current Approach to Management”.  Circulation 138(3):326-327 , 2018. Prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot: Risk assessment and long term outcome.  Int J Cardiol 269:91-96 , 2018. Definition and Management of Segmental Pulmonary Hypertension.  J Am Heart Assoc 7. , 2018. Medical Management of the Systemic Right Ventricle.  Heart 104(14):1226-1227 , 2018. Response by Heng et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Immediate and Midterm Cardiac Remodeling After Surgical Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Adults With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Prospective Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Clinical Study”.  Circulation 137(20):2186-2187 , 2018. Biventricular dyssynchrony on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and its correlation with myocardial deformation, ventricular function and objective exercise capacity in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.  Int J Cardiol 264:53-57 , 2018. Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for Management of Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis.  J Am Coll Cardiol 71(5):475-485 , 2018. Systemic Right Ventricle in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Anatomic and Phenotypic Spectrum and Current Approach to Management.  Circulation 137(5):508-518 , 2018. Contemporary management and outcomes in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.  Heart 104(14):1148-1155 , 2018. New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification in adults with congenital heart disease: relation to objective measures of exercise and outcome.  Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes 4(1):51-58 , 2018. Infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease remains a lethal disease.  Heart 104(2):161-165 , 2018. Major adverse events and atrial tachycardia in Ebstein’s anomaly predicted by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.  Heart 104(1):37-44 , 2018. Aortic Dilatation in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 11(1):150-152 , 2017. Immediate and Midterm Cardiac Remodeling After Surgical Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Adults With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Prospective Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Clinical Study.  Circulation 136(18):1703-1713 , 2017. Response by Kempny et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Predictors of Death in Contemporary Adult Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Multicenter Study”.  Circulation 136(11):1078-1079 , 2017. Are adults with congenital heart disease informed about their risk for infective endocarditis and treated in accordance to current guidelines?  Int J Cardiol 245:105-108 , 2017. Outcome of cardiac surgery in patients with congenital heart disease in England between 1997 and 2015.  PLoS One 12(6):e0178963 , 2017. Transition in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany: Results of a Nationwide Patient Survey.  Front Pediatr 5:115 , 2017. Past and current cause-specific mortality in Eisenmenger syndrome.  Eur Heart J 38(26):2060-2067 , 2017. Endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease: new answers-new questions.  Eur Heart J 38(26):2057-2059 , 2017. Contemporary cardiac surgery for adults with congenital heart disease.  Heart 103(15):1194-1202 , 2017. Body mass index in adult congenital heart disease.  Heart 103(16):1250-1257 , 2017. Early mortality and concomitant procedures related to Fontan conversion: Quantitative analysis.  Int J Cardiol 236:132-137 , 2017. Predictors of Death in Contemporary Adult Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Multicenter Study.  Circulation 135(15):1432-1440 , 2017. Is having a job a protective factor? Employment status and state of medical care as subjectively perceived by adults with CHD in Germany.  Cardiol Young 27(6):1110-1117 , 2016. [Pulmonary hypertension in grown-ups with congenital heart disease: Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2016].  Dtsch Med Wochenschr 141(S 01):S70-S79 , 2016. [Pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease: recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2016].  Dtsch Med Wochenschr 141(S 01):S48-S56 , 2016. Risk of Pregnancy in Moderate and Severe Aortic Stenosis: From the Multinational ROPAC Registry.  J Am Coll Cardiol 68(16):1727-1737 , 2016. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance to Evaluate Aortic Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.  J Am Coll Cardiol 68(6):577-585 , 2016. Dyssynchrony and electromechanical delay are associated with focal fibrosis in the systemic right ventricle – Insights from echocardiography.  Int J Cardiol 220:382-8 , 2016. Assessment of myocardial function using MRI-based feature tracking in adults after atrial repair of transposition of the great arteries: Reference values and clinical utility.  Int J Cardiol 220:246-50 , 2016. Eisenmenger syndrome and long-term survival in patients with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease.  Heart 102(19):1552-7 , 2016. Impact of short-term high altitude exposure on exercise capacity and symptoms in Fontan patients.  Heart 102(16):1255-6 , 2016. Exercise-Induced Systemic Venous Hypertension in the Fontan Circulation.  Am J Cardiol 117(10):1667-1671 , 2016. Changes in the Pacemaker Rate After Transition From Edwards SAPIEN XT to SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: The Critical Role of Valve Implantation Height.  JACC Cardiovasc Interv 9(8):805-813 , 2016. Multimodality imaging in congenital heart disease-related pulmonary arterial hypertension.  Heart 102(12):910-8 , 2016. Cause of death in adults with congenital heart disease – An analysis of the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects.  Int J Cardiol 211:31-6 , 2016. Clinical course and potential complications of small ventricular septal defects in adulthood: Late development of left ventricular dysfunction justifies lifelong care.  Int J Cardiol 208:102-6 , 2016. Current therapy and outcome of Eisenmenger syndrome: data of the German National Register for congenital heart defects.  Eur Heart J 37(18):1449-55 , 2016. Three parties, one direction: Research priorities in adults with congenital heart disease. What do professionals, patients and relatives want to know?  Int J Cardiol 207:220-9 , 2016. Double inlet left ventricle with unrestricted pulmonary blood flow and survival into adulthood.  Eur Heart J 37(12):967 , 2016. Myocardial deformation parameters predict outcome in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.  Heart 102(3):209-15 , 2016. Determinants of outpatient clinic attendance amongst adults with congenital heart disease and outcome.  Int J Cardiol 203:245-50 , 2016. Sudden cardiac death during exercise in patients with congenital heart disease: the exercise paradox and the challenge of appropriate counselling.  Eur Heart J 37(7):627-9 , 2016. Depression requiring anti-depressant drug therapy in adult congenital heart disease: prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic value.  Eur Heart J 37(9):771-82 , 2015. Impaired Right, Left, or Biventricular Function and Resting Oxygen Saturation Are Associated With Mortality in Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Clinical and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study.  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 8. , 2015. Survival Prospects and Circumstances of Death in Contemporary Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients Under Follow-Up at a Large Tertiary Centre.  Circulation 132(22):2118-25 , 2015. Riociguat for pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease: opportunities and challenges.  Heart 101(22):1771-2 , 2015. Analysis of associations between congenital heart defect complexity and health-related quality of life using a meta-analytic strategy.  Int J Cardiol 199:197-203 , 2015. Almanac 2014: congenital heart disease.  Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 43(5):484-93 , 2015. Peak oxygen uptake, ventilatory efficiency and QRS-duration predict event free survival in patients late after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot.  Int J Cardiol 196:158-64 , 2015. The importance of national and international collaboration in adult congenital heart disease: A network analysis of research output.  Int J Cardiol 195:155-62 , 2015. Hypoalbuminaemia predicts outcome in adult patients with congenital heart disease.  Heart 101(9):699-705 , 2015. Almanac 2014: congenital heart disease.  Heart 101(1):65-71 , 2015. Physiological differences between various types of Eisenmenger syndrome and relation to outcome.  Int J Cardiol 179:455-60 , 2014. The main pulmonary artery in adults: a controlled multicenter study with assessment of echocardiographic reference values, and the frequency of dilatation and aneurysm in Marfan syndrome.  Orphanet J Rare Dis 9:203 , 2014. Survival prospects of treatment naïve patients with Eisenmenger: a systematic review of the literature and report of own experience.  Heart 100(17):1366-72 , 2014. Predicting the risks of pregnancy in congenital heart disease: the importance of external validation.  Heart 100(17):1311-2 , 2014. Endothelial function in contemporary patients with repaired coarctation of aorta.  Heart 100(21):1696-701 , 2014. Aortic regurgitation severity after transcatheter aortic valve implantation is underestimated by echocardiography compared with MRI.  Heart 100(24):1933-8 , 2014. Long-term natural history and postoperative outcome of double-chambered right ventricle–experience from two tertiary adult congenital heart centres and review of the literature.  Int J Cardiol 174(3):662-8 , 2014. Pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease and Eisenmenger syndrome: current advanced management strategies.  Heart 100(17):1322-8 , 2014. Diagnosis and treatment of Marfan syndrome: an update.  Heart 100(17):1382-91 , 2014. Chasing a moving target: outcome and risk stratification in patients with transposition of the great arteries after atrial switch operation.  Eur Heart J 35(25):1637-41 , 2014. Choice and competition between adult congenital heart disease centers: evidence of considerable geographical disparities and association with clinical or academic results.  Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 7(2):285-91 , 2014. Spatial and temporal overview of research in pediatric and congenital cardiology: trends and global challenges.  Pediatr Cardiol 35(6):1007-19 , 2014. Value of speckle-tracking echocardiography and MRI-based feature tracking analysis in adult patients after Fontan-type palliation.  Congenit Heart Dis 9(5):397-406 , 2014. Lung function and gas exchange in Eisenmenger syndrome and their impact on exercise capacity and survival.  Int J Cardiol 171(1):73-7 , 2014. Risk stratification in adults with repaired tetralogy of fallot: the long journey from clinical parameters and surface ecg to in-depth assessment of myocardial mechanics, volume and pressure loading.  Heart 100(3):185-7 , 2014. Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking: a novel method to assess myocardial strain. Comparison with echocardiographic speckle tracking in healthy volunteers and in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy.  Kardiol Pol 72(4):363-71 , 2014. Biomarkers in adult congenital heart disease heart failure.  Heart Fail Clin 10(1):43-56 , 2014. Clinical outcomes of surgical pulmonary valve replacement after repair of tetralogy of Fallot and potential prognostic value of preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing.  Circulation 129(1):18-27 , 2014. Imaging of congenital heart disease in adults: choice of modalities.  Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 15(1):6-17 , 2014. Congenital heart disease beyond the age of 60: emergence of a new population with high resource utilization, high morbidity, and high mortality.  Eur Heart J 35(11):725-32 , 2013. Exercise: friend or foe in adult congenital heart disease?  Curr Cardiol Rep 15(11):416 , 2013. 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