Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Services

The Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at The Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital was created to meet the medical and surgical needs of the unique and complex population of adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease. Our experts understand the natural history of congenital heart disease as well as the care after surgical or specialized transcatheter therapy.

Services

Medical and Surgical Evaluations

Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Procedures

• Balloon Valvuloplasty and Angioplasty: All Cardiac Valves, Arteries and Veins, including D-Transposition of the Great Vessels

• Transcatheter Closure of Intra and Extracardiac Shunts: Atrial Septal Defects, Patent Foramen Ovale, Ventricular Septal Defects, Patent Ductus Arteriosus

• Stent Therapy for Vascular Obstructions Associated with Congenital Heart Disease: Pulmonary Artery Stenosis, Coarctation of the Aorta, Venous Obstruction

• Unique Availability of New Medical Devices Restricted to FDA Sponsored Clinical Trials

Electrophysiologic Procedures

• Diagnostic EP

• SVT/VT Ablation

• Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Ablation Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases

• Pacer/ICD Implantation

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Heart Failure/Transplant Evaluations

Pulmonary Hypertension Services

• Intravenous and Subcutaneous Prostacyclin Therapy

• Oral Endothelin Blockers

• Clinical Trials

Pregnancy and Heart Disease

• Medical, surgical and transcatheter therapies for cardiovascular high risk pregnancies

Comprehensive Cardiothoracic Surgical Repair

• Valve Repair/Replacement

• Ross Procedure: Pulmonary Autograft Aortic Valve Replacement

• Surgical Therapies for Arrhythmias

• Fontan Revision

• Aortic Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement (Marfan's Syndrome)