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Cardiology

Adult Congenital Heart Program

Cardiac surgery in childhood has resulted in an ever-increasing number of adults living with congenital heart disease-estimates suggest some 750,000 Americans. With more than 30 different forms of congenital heart disease, patients often search to find cardiologists familiar with their particular anatomy and problems. With a long history of providing specialized care for these patients, NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospitall has developed the Adult Congenital Heart Program, the first and only one of its kind in New York State.

Congenital heart disease refers to any type of malformations of the heart, heart valves or major blood vessels that are present at birth. Defects can range from simple to complex and can occur alone or in groups, depending on how the heart has developed. Many of these adults underwent heart surgeries as children to repair complex lesions. Our program's team of dedicated cardiologists and surgeons manage the entire spectrum of complex adult primary or post-repair congenital heart disease.

The most common congenital heart disorders affecting adults are:

  • congenital valve defects
  • atrial and ventricular septal defects
  • patent foramen ovale

Our pediatric cardiologists are specifically trained in adult congenital heart disease with expertise in fetal echocardiography, echocardiography, interventional cardiac catheterization, and interventional electrophysiology. Related care by specialists in high-risk pregnancy, genetics, digestive and liver diseases, pulmonary hypertension, and hematology is readily available. When necessary, our program also draws on the extensive medical and surgical resources available at the Hospital for complex congenital heart surgery, heart and lung transplants, assist devices, and complex re-operations.

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