Congenital heart disease in Japan

As same as other developed countries, prevalence of ACHD in Japan has already dramatically increased. The establishment of the special facilities and resources for ACHD patients is crucial, also the establishment of education and training systems for adult cardiologists in this evolving field has been discussed in Japan. In the field of catheter intervention, the Society of Japanese Pediatric Interventional Cardiology (JPIC) contribute all area of interventional procedures, all procedures for congenital heart disease and procedure related complications have been registered in the society.