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Review
. 2016 May 7;37(18):1419-27.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv741. Epub 2016 Jan 18.

Treatment of heart failure in adult congenital heart disease: a position paper of the Working Group of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Werner Budts  1 , Jolien Roos-Hesselink  2 , Tanja Rädle-Hurst  3 , Andreas Eicken  4 , Theresa A McDonagh  5 , Ekaterini Lambrinou  6 , Maria G Crespo-Leiro  7 , Fiona Walker  8 , Alexandra A Frogoudaki  9
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Treatment of heart failure in adult congenital heart disease: a position paper of the Working Group of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Werner Budts et al. Eur Heart J. .
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Diagnosis–treatment algorithm. CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise test; PVO2, peak oxygen consumption; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle. *Two-fold increase of baseline natriuretic peptide value within 6 months. **>25% decrease of peak oxygen consumption.
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