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Person-centred care in congenital heart disease: Intercountry variation in patient-reported experiences across 32 countries Open

Birgitte Lykkeberg, Anne Vinggaard Christensen, Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Signe Holm Larsen, Liesbet Van Bulck , et al. · 2025

This study highlights significant global differences in perceived autonomy support from healthcare providers among adults with CHD. Education and age were associated with higher levels of perceived autonomy support. The experience of PCC i…

Quality of Life in Adults With Transposition of the Great Arteries With a Systemic Right or Left Ventricle Open

Mohammad Mostafa Ansari Ramandi, Liesbet Van Bulck, Daan C H Ceelen, Adriaan A. Voors, Eva Goossens , et al. · 2025

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Perceived health, psychological distress and quality of life in 8415 adults with congenital heart disease from 32 countries Open

Philip Moons, Adrienne H. Kovacs, Eva Goossens, Koen Luyckx, Laila Ladak , et al. · 2025

Background The global prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is increasing. Research on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) predominantly originates from high-income countries, resulting in an incomplete understanding of the true global…

Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome: follow-up of the cardiovascular features in an international cohort of 29 patients with SGS Open

Yordi-Michaël Bouhatous, Pauline Arnaud, Guillaume Jondeau, Dominique Bonneau, Frédéric Rouleau , et al. · 2025

Background Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome (SGS) shares skeletal features with Marfan syndrome (MFS), but differs in its craniofacial and neurodevelopmental features. Cardiovascular features have been specifically investigated in few of the 5…

Catheter ablation in congenital heart diseases: a French nationwide study Open

Victor Waldmann, Guillaume Duthoit, Jean-Luc Pasquié, Laure Champ‐Rigot, Mathieu Albertini , et al. · 2025

Background and Aims Current evidence on catheter ablation for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) is derived from small, retrospective studies. This study aims to provide insights from a nationwide contemporary registry. Methods T…

Efficacy of a Transition Program in Adolescents and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: The TRANSITION-CHD Randomized Controlled Trial Open

Charlène Bredy, Oscar Werner, Hélèna Huguet, Sophie Guillaumont, Annie Auer , et al. · 2024

Early hybrid cardiac rehabilitation in congenital heart disease: the QUALIREHAB trial Open

Pascal Amédro, Arthur Gavotto, Hélèna Huguet, Luc Souilla, Anne-Cécile Huby , et al. · 2024

Background and Aims Cardiopulmonary fitness in congenital heart disease (CHD) decreases faster than in the general population resulting in impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). As the standard of care seems insufficient to encou…

Frailty and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Open

Bo Daelman, Liesbet Van Bulck, Koen Luyckx, Adrienne H. Kovacs, Alexander Van De Bruaene , et al. · 2024

Correlation between three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiopulmonary fitness in patients with univentricular heart: A cross-sectional multicentre prospective study Open

Valentin Femenia, Victor Pommier, Hélèna Huguet, Xavier Iriart, Marie‐Christine Picot , et al. · 2023

Which risk score best predicts cardiovascular outcome in pregnant women with congenital heart disease? Open

Charlène Bredy, Fanny Deville, Hélèna Huguet, Marie‐Christine Picot, Grégoire De La Villeon , et al. · 2022

Background Management of pregnancy and risk stratification in women with congenital heart diseases (CHD) are challenging, especially due to physiological haemodynamic modifications that inevitably occur during pregnancy. Aims To compare th…

Double gas transfer factors (DLCO-DLNO) at rest in patients with congenital heart diseases correlates with their ventilatory response during maximal exercise Open

Grégoire De La Villeon, Arthur Gavotto, Nam Le-Dong, Charlène Bredy, Sophie Guillaumont , et al. · 2022

Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony by speckle tracking echocardiography in children with duchenne muscular dystrophy Open

Nicolas Lanot, Marie Vincenti, Hamouda Abassi, Charlène Bredy, Audrey Agullo , et al. · 2021

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with congenital heart disease and systemic right ventricle Open

Etienne Jacquemart, Nicolas Combes, Guillaume Duthoit, Francis Bessière, Magalie Ladouceur , et al. · 2021

Assessment of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Open

Nicolas Lanot, Marie Vincenti, Hamouda Abassi, Charlène Bredy, Audrey Agullo , et al. · 2021

Purpose -Prognosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is related to cardiac dysfunction. Two dimensional-speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) has recently emerged as a non-invasive functional biomarker for early detection of DMD-re…

Reliability of echocardiographic parameters of the systemic right ventricle systolic function: A prospective multicentre study Open

Victor Pommier, Charlène Bredy, Hamouda Abassi, Hélèna Huguet, Marie‐Christine Picot , et al. · 2021

Impact of a transition education program on health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease: study design for a randomised controlled trial Open

Oscar Werner, Charlène Bredy, Kathleen Lavastre, Sophie Guillaumont, Grégoire De La Villeon , et al. · 2021

Impact of a transition education program on health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease: study design for a randomised controlled trial Open

Oscar Werner, Charlène Bredy, Kathleen Lavastre, Sophie Guillaumont, Grégoire De La Villeon , et al. · 2021

Background: Recent advances in the field of congenital heart disease (CHD) led to an improved prognosis of the patients and in consequence the growth of a new population: the grown up with congenital heart disease. Until recently, more tha…

Impact of a Transition Education Program on the Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Study Design for a Randomised Controlled Trial Open

Oscar Werner, Charlène Bredy, Kathleen Lavastre, Sophie Guillaumont, Marie Vincenti , et al. · 2020

Background: Recent advances in the field of congenital heart disease (CHD) led to an improved prognosis of the patients and in consequence the growth of a new population: the grown up with congenital heart disease. Until recently, more tha…

Impact of Sophrology on cardiopulmonary fitness in teenagers and young adults with a congenital heart disease: The SOPHROCARE study rationale, design and methods Open

Johan Moreau, Kathleen Lavastre, Huguette Romieu, Françoise Charbonnier, Sophie Guillaumont , et al. · 2020

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Seán Gaine, Philippe Le Conte, François Javaudin, Barbara P. Yawn, Fernando Martínez , et al. · 2020

Right Ventricular to Left Ventricular Ratio at CT Pulmonary Angiogram Predicts Mortality in Interstitial Lung Disease Open

Simon Bax, Joseph Jacob, Riaz Ahmed, Charlène Bredy, Konstantinos Dimopoulos , et al. · 2019

Factors influencing the participation of adolescents and young adults with a congenital heart disease in a transition education program: A prospective multicentre controlled study Open

Oscar Werner, Hamouda Abassi, Kathleen Lavastre, Sophie Guillaumont, Marie‐Christine Picot , et al. · 2019

Factors associated with exercise capacity in patients with a systemic right ventricle Open

Arthur Gavotto, Hamouda Abassi, M. Rola, Chris Serrand, Marie‐Christine Picot , et al. · 2019

Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Prospective Multicenter Controlled Cross-Sectional Study Open

Pascal Amédro, Marie Vincenti, Grégoire De La Villeon, Kathleen Lavastre, Catherine Barréa , et al. · 2019

Speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy children: comparison between the QLAB by Philips and the EchoPAC by General Electric Open

Pascal Amédro, Charlène Bredy, Sophie Guillaumont, Grégoire De La Villeon, Lucie Gamon , et al. · 2019

Impact of a centre and home-based cardiac rehabilitation program on the quality of life of teenagers and young adults with congenital heart disease: The QUALI-REHAB study rationale, design and methods Open

Pascal Amédro, Arthur Gavotto, Antoine Legendre, Kathleen Lavastre, Charlène Bredy , et al. · 2018

How should we determine normal echocardiographic right ventricle function reference values in pediatrics? Open

Charlène Bredy, Camille Soulatges, Sophie Guillaumont, Marie Vincenti, Grégoire De La Villeon , et al. · 2018

Pregnancy in adults with repaired/unrepaired atrial septal defect Open

Charlène Bredy, François‐Pierre Mongeon, Line Leduc, Annie Dore, Paul Khairy · 2018

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common form of congenital heart disease. Left-to-right shunting leads to right ventricular (RV) volume overload with excessive pulmonary blood flow. Complications include exercise intolerance, pulmona…

Atrial septal defect and exercise capacity: value of cardio-pulmonary exercise test in assessment and follow-up Open

Pascal Amédro, Sophie Guillaumont, Charlène Bredy, Stéfan Matecki, Arthur Gavotto · 2018

Nearly four decades ago, the World Health Organization stated that functional capacity explorations best reflected the impact of a chronic disease on quality of life. Today, cardio-pulmonary exercise test (CPET) is recommended in the follo…

A stepwise composite echocardiographic score predicts severe pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung disease Open

Simon Bax, Charlène Bredy, Aleksander Kempny, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Anand Devaraj , et al. · 2018

European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines recommend the assessment of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and severe pulmonary hypertension (PH), as defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ≥35 mmHg at right heart c…

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