Schuuring Mark J, Kauw Dirkjan
Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC location AMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Netherlands Heart Institute, Moreelsepark 1, 3351 EP Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2020 Nov 24;1(1):83-86. doi: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztaa012. eCollection 2020 Nov.
Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are a vulnerable subgroup of cardiac patients. These patients have a high morbidity and high mortality rate. As the number of patients with CHD keeps growing, while also getting older, new tools for the care and follow-up of these vulnerable patients are warranted. eHealth has an enormous potential to revolutionize health care, and particularly for CHD patients, by expanding care beyond hospital walls and even moving some of the provided care to the comfort of home. As new eHealth tools continue to grow in number, such as invasive eHealth tools, health care delivered through eHealth continues to evolve. This teaching series summarizes current insights and discusses challenges yet to be overcome. Importantly, none of them are insurmountable. This all lays ground for a promising future for eHealth in the care of patients with CHD.
先天性心脏病（CHD）患者是心脏病患者中的一个脆弱亚组。这些患者发病率和死亡率都很高。随着先天性心脏病患者数量持续增加，且患者年龄也在增长，因此需要新的工具来护理和随访这些脆弱患者。电子健康（eHealth）有巨大潜力变革医疗保健，尤其对于先天性心脏病患者而言，它能将护理扩展到医院之外，甚至将部分护理服务延伸至患者舒适的家中。随着新型电子健康工具数量不断增加，如侵入性电子健康工具，通过电子健康提供的医疗保健也在不断发展。本教学系列总结了当前的见解，并讨论了尚待克服的挑战。重要的是，这些挑战并非无法克服。这一切都为电子健康在先天性心脏病患者护理方面的光明未来奠定了基础。
