February 13, 2025
Lessons from the wrong side of the heart
February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week. In this, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discuss adult congenital heart disease through the lens of his experience as a patient. He shares some reflections based on my experience as a lifelong patient with complex adult congenital heart disease and a recent procedure that allowed him to experience medical care from the patient side.
Additional resources:
ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation 2008: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190690
The Bell Curve. By Atul Gawande. The New Yorker 2004: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/12/06/the-bell-curve
Website for the Adult Congenital Heart Association: https://www.achaheart.org/
Books and music mentioned in this episode:
Montaigne. By Stefan Zweig: https://bit.ly/4gEOVP2
The Heart. A Novel. By Maylis De Kerangal: https://bit.ly/41ehqin
The Essays: A Selection (Penguin Classics). By. Michel de Montaigne: https://bit.ly/3EvFwvW