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- About the Heart and Blood Vessels
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- Heart Defects Causing Obstructions to Blood Flow
- Heart Defects Causing Too Little Blood Flow Through the Lungs
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Overview of Congenital Heart Disease
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Cardiac Surgery
Adult Congenital Heart Center
Adult congenital heart disease represents the adults who have congenital heart disease, but have graduated from the care of their pediatric cardiologists. It is estimated that in the United States, there are some 750,000 adults with congenital heart disease.
The success of cardiac surgery in childhood has produced a large population of adults with congenital heart disease. These adults present a unique challenge for the cardiology community. With more than 30 different forms of congenital heart disease, it can be difficult for adult patients to find cardiologists familiar with their particular anatomy and problems. At the Columbia University Medical Center, highly specialized care of adults with congenital heart disease has been a long-standing tradition.
The Hospital's Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program began in 1987 and is one of the largest and oldest in the United States. At Columbia's Schneeweiss Adult Congenital Heart Center, multidisciplinary care is provided that addresses all of the needs of our adult congenital heart disease patients. Our cardiac program includes physicians specifically trained in adult congenital heart disease with expertise in echocardiography, interventional cardiac catheterization, interventional electrophysiology, pulmonary hypertension, complex congenital heart surgery, and cardiac transplantation. Related care by specialists in high-risk pregnancy, genetics, fetal echocardiography, GI and liver disease, pulmonary, and hematology is readily available.
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