Adult Congenital Heart Disease

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Cardiology

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An adult who was born with cardiac problems suffers from adult congenital heart disease. Today, adults who were born with heart disorders are forming a rapidly growing population due to successful cardiac surgery in infants and children during the 1960s and 1970s. Some surviving adult patients have congenital cardiac problems that have been recently diagnosed; others have been treated for their heart condition since infancy or childhood. As a result of their anatomy and complications that might have resulted from their pediatric repairs, these patients form a unique and growing population who need treatment for a variety of conditions, including:

Transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA or L-TGA)

Single ventricle (Fontan Procedure)
Ebstein's anomaly
Atrial septal defects (ASDs) and patent foramen ovale (PFO)
Ventricular Septal Defects (VSDs)
Pulmonary artery stenosis
Coarctation of the aorta
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Tetralogy of Fallot

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Interventional cardiac catheterization is an essential part of the current management of adults with congenital heart disease. At The Joan And Michael Schneeweiss Center for Adult Congenital Heart Disease at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, and the Division of Cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, we offer multidisciplinary care to our adult congenital heart disease patients, including specialists in

echocardiography
interventional cardiac catheterization, with special expertise in

ASD closure device
stents for pulmonary artery stenosis and coarctation of the aorta
balloon valvuloplasty
coil embolization of pulmonary AV fistula

interventional electrophysiology
pulmonary hypertension

Related care by specialists in high-risk pregnancy, genetics, fetal echocardiography, GI and liver disease, pulmonary, and hematology is readily available.

Surgery for Adult Congential Heart Disease

For patients who require surgical treatment, NewYork-Presbyterian's adult congenital heart surgeons are among the world's best for complex congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, and include pioneers in the surgical treatment of d-transposition of the great arteries, Ebstein's anomaly, the Ross operation, and pulmonary valve replacement with right ventricular reconstruction.

Learn more about surgery for adult congenital heart disease.