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GUCH
GUCH is an acronym for Grown Up Congenital Heart, a group of adolescents and adults who, due to the advent of cardiac surgery, open heart surgery in the 1960s, are surviving the congenital heart disease, heart conditions they were born with. The concept was founded by paediatric cardiologist Jane Somerville, on realisation of their unmet needs. References External links Adult Congenital Heart Association US-based organization for adults with congenital heart disease Congenital heart defects {{UK-med-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Somerville
Jane Somerville (née Platnauer; 24 January 1933) is a British emeritus professor of cardiology, Imperial College, who is best known for defining the concept and subspecialty of grown ups with congenital heart disease (GUCH) and being chosen as the physician involved with Britain's first heart transplantation in 1968. Somerville was educated first at a boys preparatory school in North Wales, then Queen's College, London, and later at Guy's Hospital Medical School. Initially drawn to surgery, she chose to pursue a career in cardiology at the National Heart Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street and later at the Brompton Hospital. Her work led to the opening of the world's first dedicated ward for children and adolescents with congenital heart disease, the first World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology in London, and a GUCH charity which was later renamed "The Somerville Foundation" in her honour. The medical professionals who she trained and who have come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
