The unfamiliarity of adult cardiologists to acquired pediatrics heart disorders of multi-system nature, highlighting a gap of practice.
Adult congenital heart disease is a continuity specialty which is concerned with the management of congenital heart disorders or their sequelae persisting into adulthood. There is several acquired heart disorders, that are more commonly seen in the pediatric age group but still occur in adulthood, and for which adult cardiologists remain unfamiliar. Examples of such disorders are Kawasaki disease, multi-inflammatory disease of adults and rheumatic fever. We highlight this gap of practice, that can be bridged by changing the nomenclature of adult congenital heart disorders specialty to adult presenting pediatrics heart disorders.
Publication Details
- Journal
- Figshare
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28127390
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00