Common congenital heart disorders in adults.

C ongenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common inborn defects, occurring in 0.5-1.2% of newborns. Increasing numbers of affected infants now survive into adulthood, which is a estament to the major advances in surgical technique, post-operative are, and medical treatment. The number of adults with CHD in the U.S. as reached 800,000, and this number will undoubtedly continue to row with time. Therefore, adult cardiologists should have some nderstanding of the medical management of this burgeoning population. urrently, most adults with CHD are followed by an adult cardiologist ho has virtually no dedicated training in the diagnosis or management of HD, or by a pediatric cardiologist who has had little experience in omprehensive adult care. Because of this discrepancy in quality care elivery, the American College of Cardiology convened the 32nd ethesda Conference and made the following recommendations: