Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

Medical and surgical advances have ensured that the majority of children born with congenital heart disease will thrive in adulthood. Ensuring a smooth transition from pediatric cardiology to adult care and providing a comprehensive approach to congenital cardiac care in adulthood is our specialty.

Our Adult Congenital Heart Program, a Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Hospital & Clinics collaboration, provides a unique approach to care with a team of clinicians and cardiothoracic surgeons who specialize in caring for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease. We offer a comprehensive approach to care for the full spectrum of congenital heart disease. This expertise has been recognized by both Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Hospital & Clinics being nationally ranked in Cardiology and Heart Surgery by U.S. News & World Report consistently over the last decade.

Program Highlights:

• Lifelong care with seamless transition from pediatric to adult care
• Highly specialized services specifically designed for adolescent and adult patients
• Comprehensive multidisciplinary care
• Access to clinical trials and the most advanced treatment options
• Specialized treatment for patients with a single ventricle through a Fontan operation
• Comprehensive assessments for patients with repaired and unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement and surgical pulmonary valve repair/replacement
• Innovative treatment options for Ebstein’s Anomaly and Transposition of the Great Arteries
• Specialized medical, transcatheter, and surgical management of arrhythmias
• Advanced cardiac therapies including ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation
• Pre-conception counseling and risk stratification with high-risk pregnancy management
• Contraception and genetic counseling
• Ongoing communication with our referring providers with 24/7 availability for consultation
• Outreach locations available throughout Northern California