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A heart problem present at birth may not cause symptoms until adulthood. Learn how adult congenital heart disease is treated and what complications may occur.
Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is a term for conditions that affect your heart’s structure. These heart defects impact blood flow. Symptoms may include fatigue, heart murmur and arrhythmia.
Congenital heart disease is a common birth defect in the United States. Many patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease progress into adulthood with unique complications that may require treatment and ongoing management.
Adults with congenital heart disease are at risk of developing complications — even if surgery was done to repair a defect during childhood. Lifelong follow-up care is important. Ideally, a doctor trained in treating adults with congenital heart disease should manage your care.
Learn the types of congenital heart defects in adults and children, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects.
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) (see Figures 2 and 3) is the most common congenital heart defect. Symptoms depend on the size of the defect and the age of the patient. Small VSDs are usually asymptomatic and compatible with a normal life (in fact, about 40% close spontaneously in early childhood).
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a problem with how your heart forms before birth. Some issues are more severe than others, but all of them prevent normal blood flow through your heart and beyond. Advances in diagnosis and treatment help most children with a CHD live to become adults.
Adult congenital heart disease is a type of defect in one or more structures of the heart that occurs before birth. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Managing adult congenital heart disease involves regular monitoring and testing by a cardiologist. If your condition is more serious, you might need medications and multiple procedures.
Heart failure is common in patients diagnosed with adult congenital heart disease and requires specialized care. Our clinic assesses patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease and heart failure for heart transplant eligibility and care.