Adult Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

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Cardiothoracic Surgery

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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. Their treatment requires a special combination of skills: the background of a pediatric cardiologist who understands the congenital defect, and the skills of cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons who can treat a newly-diagnosed congenital condition, revise earlier surgical repairs, and treat any adult heart disease that has developed as a result of the congenital condition.

At The Joan And Michael Schneeweiss Center for Adult Congenital Heart Disease at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, and the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, we specialize in the treatment of all forms of adult congenital heart disease, including

D-transposition of the great arteries
L-transposition of the great arteries
Single ventricle
Ebstein's anomaly
Ostium Primum and Secundum Atrial septal defects, including patent foramen ovale
Ventricular Septal Defects
Pulmonary artery stenosis
Coarctation of the aorta
Patent ductus arteriosus
Tetralogy of Fallot

The members of our team of physicians – including diagnostic specialists, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and experts in interventional cardiac catheterization – have expertise in adult congenital heart disease and are uniquely qualified place congenital defects and their repairs in the context of an adult patient. As always, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, our goal is to promote our patients' continued wellbeing and quality of life.