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authors: Brida, Margarita; Gatzoulis, Michael A.
title: Adult Congenital Heart Disease: The Quest to Address the Simple and the Complex
date: 2021-02-17
journal: JACC Case Rep
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.001
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It is a fact that CHD represents one of the major successes of modern medicine (1) . However, as we see in this special issue of JACC: Case Reports, the majority of adult patients born with CHD are not cured by their pediatric cardiac operation or intervention, and many face challenges and complications of living with the consequences of their underlying cardiac defect (2) . The road to successfully addressing these emerging complications is a long and arduous one.

Professor Jane Somerville, back in 1988, as the John Keith Lecturer, rightly entitled her talk "Out of the blue and into the pink. Is it so rosy for the cardiolo- In conclusion, we have come a long way with the endless pursuit of excellence and innovation on the bumpy and rewarding road of CHD care, but there is still much to do. With the CHD patient at the center of our pursuits, we form a strong basis for future growth, needs, and developments, and for a better patient health care experience and life journey, irrespective of complexity of CHD disease, ethnicity, or geography.

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KEY WORDS adult congenital heart disease, follow-up in adult congenital heart disease, future directions in adult congenital heart disease, heart failure in adult congenital heart disease

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors thank Yevgeniy Brailovsky, DO, MSc, for his work on Figure 1 .

The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom. E-mail: m.gatzoulis@rbht.nhs.uk.