RecruitingNCT02258724

Swiss National Registry of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Nationales Register Zur Erfassung Von Erwachsenen Mit Angeborenen Herzfehlern


Sponsor

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Enrollment

5,000 participants

Start Date

Sep 1, 2013

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Due to successes in the last decades in pediatric heart surgery and cardiology, 90-95% of the children with congenital heart disease reach adult age.This results in an increasing number of adults or "grown-ups" with congenital heart disease (ACHD or GUCH patients) that require special health care organization and training programmes. Long term complications of these GUCH patients and optimum treatment strategies are still poorly known. The aim of this registry is to collect quantitative and qualitative data regarding GUCH patients treated in specialised centres in Switzerland.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria2

  • Adult (above 18 years of age) with congenital heart disease, treated in one of the Swiss centre with specialized organisation for GUCH patients.
  • Signed informed consent. Patients with trisomy 21: the parents or legal guardian will have to give the consent.

Exclusion Criteria1

  • None

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Locations(6)

Basel University Hospital

Basel, Switzerland

Bern University Hospital Inselspital

Bern, Switzerland

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève HUG

Geneva, Switzerland

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV

Lausanne, Switzerland

Kantonsspital St.Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

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