The Ochsner Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program announced that it has earned accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart ...

New ACC/AHA guidelines update management of adults with congenital heart defects but highlight the shortage of specialists ...

New ACC/AHA guidelines provide updated management strategies for the growing population of adults living with congenital heart disease.

American guidelines now emphasize a greater role of specialized cardiologists in routine care for people with adult ...

Background The growing population of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) present complex lifelong care needs ...

Ultrasound echocardiogram of a patient taking a test for heart diseases. Echocardiogram monitor with an image of patient’s heart. Medical ultrasound scan. Authors outline when adults with congenital ...

In clinical practice guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association and published ...

Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) is proud to announce its 20th anniversary during Heart Month, in recognition of two decades of ...

Ochsner earns national accreditation for congenital heart program, becoming Louisiana's only ACHA-designated adult congenital heart disease center.

Nearly 40 years ago when Lis Dreizen’s daughter Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect, doctors were grim about her chances to live. “I would cry simply looking at Olivia, and it was very hard ...

President Joe Biden is set to sign the Congenital Heart Reauthorization Act Nov. 22, extending and expanding the CDC’s National Congenital Heart Disease Research, Surveillance and Awareness Program.

Gayatri A. Acharya, MD: Greetings. I'm Dr Gayatri Acharya, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. During today's recording, we'll be discussing living into adulthood with congenital heart disease in the ...