Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease

Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease

Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease

Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease


Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease


[A] Arrythmia
[B] Heart failure
[C] Infective Endocarditis
[D] Sudden Cardiac Death



Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease

Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with Congenital heart disease

  • Most common cause of cardiac death in adults with CHD- heart failure
  • Sudden death is the second most common cause of cardiac death in adults with CHD – 20% of death in patients with CHD

Highest risk for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death


  • TOF, TGA with a systemic RV, Fontan circulation,
  • Eisenmenger syndrome
  • Complex forms of CHD