Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Abstract

Innovative Approaches to Congenital Heart Disease

Georg Hansmann and Matthias Sigler

In the last two decades, tremendous progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of even complex Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). These advances would not have been possible without the exponential gain of knowledge in the field of heart development, the pathophysiologic/hemodynamic delineation of structural cardiovascular lesions, and the discovery of many important basic mechanisms underlying disease development and progression. In this special issue of the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology (JCEC), internationally renowned experts from multiple disciplines comprehensively discuss and summarize the most impactful discoveries and innovations in the fascinating field of CHD that have emerged in the last 5 years.