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A vision for an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease
Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs1, Jack Rychik, Gerald Tulzer
1Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, All Children's Hospital and Saint Josephs Children's Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. JeffJacobs@msn.com
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It is time to establish an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease. Advances in fetal diagnosis, subspecialization, outcomes analysis, and globalization support this new society for congenital heart disease professionals.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Perinatal Health
- Congenital Heart Disease
Background:
- Congenital cardiac disease requires specialized care throughout pregnancy and infancy.
- Rapid advancements necessitate a dedicated international forum for professionals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To advocate for the establishment of an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease.
- To highlight the critical need for a unified global organization.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent advancements in fetal diagnosis and perinatal cardiology.
- Analysis of trends in subspecialization and outcomes research.
- Assessment of globalization in congenital heart disease professional organizations.
Main Results:
- Improved fetal cardiovascular diagnosis through enhanced ultrasound and education.
- Development of perinatal cardiology as a distinct subspecialty.
- Multidisciplinary international efforts in outcomes analysis and data sharing.
- Globalization of professional networks for congenital heart disease care.
Conclusions:
- Healthcare professionals are enthusiastic about forming an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease.
- The society will facilitate discussion on prenatal and perinatal cardiovascular disease management.
- Educational programs and research collaboration will advance this emerging discipline.
Purpose Of Review:
The purpose of this review is to explain why it is now time to create an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease.
Recent Findings:
Rapid advances in four domains that involve the professionals caring for patients with congenital cardiac disease all point to the fact that it is now time to create an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease: fetal diagnosis - the improved ability to diagnose prenatal cardiovascular disease due to education and improved ultrasound technology; subspecialization--the development of perinatal cardiology as a true subspecialty of the professions of pediatric cardiology and perinatology; analysis of outcomes--the multidisciplinary international efforts in the areas of nomenclature and databases for the analysis of outcomes of treatments for patients with congenitally malformed hearts, efforts that span traditional geographic and subspecialty boundaries; globalization - the rapidly evolving global organization of professionals caring for patients with congenital heart disease.
Summary:
Healthcare professionals caring for the pregnant woman and fetus with congenital cardiac disease would be enthusiastic about the creation of an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease in order to achieve multiple objectives: to discuss the management of prenatal and perinatal cardiovascular disease (not exclusively cardiac malformations); to benefit from educational programs covering prenatal and perinatal physiology and pathophysiology, clinical and technical topics, as well as genetic, ethical, and psychosocial aspects of this relatively new discipline; and finally to share our basic science, translational, and clinical research interests.
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