http://www.acc.org/Feed?clinicalTopicID=46624fc0-a0a3-4da2-943c-f1a02f5757cc Clinical Topic Feed: Congenital Heart Disease en /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/07/20/14/38/Procedure-Related-Infective-Endocarditis-is-Rare There was no significant association between antibiotic prophylaxis (ABP) dosing before congenital cardiac catheterization and early infective endocarditis (IE) post procedure, according to a retrospective analysis recently published in JACC: Advances. Overall, IE was rare and largely dependent on procedure type. 1784730900000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/07/02/15/04/Accelerated-Aging-in-the-Adult-CHD-Population Aging is a major risk factor for most diseases, and accelerated biological aging is increasingly recognized in many chronic diseases. Chronological age refers to the time that has elapsed since birth, whereas biological age reflects functional, cellular, and tissue age. 1783355340000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/05/12/14/49/Cardiopulmonary-Exercise-Testing-in-Congenital-Heart-Disease Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a noninvasive tool providing information on the interactions between the cardiovascular (CV), pulmonary, and skeletal muscle systems as well as total body metabolic response to exercise. 1778598960000 Articles and Stories /Education-and-Meetings/Patient-Case-Quizzes/2026/05/05/16/43/Venous-Flow-Hepatic-Woe A 31-year-old woman with hypoplastic left heart syndrome status post extracardiac Fontan procedure presents to the clinic with worsening exercise capacity, fatigue, abdominal swelling, early satiety, weight loss, and diarrhea. 1778594220000 Educational Activities /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/05/01/01/New-in-Clinical-Guidance The new ACC/AHA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia offers a comprehensive "one-stop shop" for addressing the evaluation, management and monitoring of individuals with dyslipidemias, including high blood cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia and elevated lipoprotein(a). 1777637520000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/04/22/11/23/New-Advanced-Training-Statement-Revises-Core-Competencies-For-CCEP A new Advanced Training Statement developed by the ACC, AHA and the Heart Rhythm Society outlines the core competencies required of subspecialists in clinical cardiac electrophysiology (CCEP) to optimally diagnose and treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias and conduction disturbances. 1776880800000 Articles and Stories https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.01.074 1776880800000 Guidelines /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/04/20/11/20/And-Thats-a-Wrap Attending the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session 2026 (ACC.26) for the first time as a trainee in pediatrics was an eye-opening and astonishing experience. 1776700800000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2024/10/30/13/20/Clinical-Practice-Algorithm-For-the-Follow-Up-of-Unrepaired-and-Repaired-ToF Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD). Early management of this condition is typically dictated by the degree of pulmonary stenosis (PS) and resulting oxygen saturations. 1775976060000 Articles and Stories /Education-and-Meetings/Patient-Case-Quizzes/2026/04/06/17/15/Management-of-a-Patient-With-Fontan-Procedure-in-the-Cardiac-Intensive-Care-Unit A 19-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with fevers and an increasingly productive cough. He states that he had a "cardiac surgery when he was a baby" but does not know the specific procedure and has been lost to follow-up since 7 years of age. 1775502840000 Educational Activities