Adult Congenital Cardiac Clinic
The Adult Congenital Cardiac Clinic at Primary Children's Medical Center serves patients ages 18 years and older with congenital heart disease. Patients with repaired or unrepaired heart defects require ongoing management into adulthood. The American Heart Association recommends that such patients be evaluated in a clinic with special expertise in the area of adult congenital cardiac disease.
Pregnancy in the presence of congenital heart disease requires specialized treatment. The clinic follows women who are currently pregnant, or who are contemplating pregnancy.
The clinic has state-of-the-art resources for evaluation and treatment of adults with congenital heart defects including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cardiac catheterization and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
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Additional Information
See the following links for more information on congenital heart disease in adulthood.
Congenital Heart Information Network
Adult Congenital Heart Association
Internationial Society fot Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease
American Heart Association
