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The Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) and Pulmonary Hypertension Service provides long-term care and advanced therapeutic options for adults with congenital heart disease and/or pulmonary hypertension, as patients reach and progress through adulthood.

A regional, national and international center for excellence, the BACH Service is a multi-disciplinary inpatient and outpatient program which includes physicians and services from:

  • Children's Hospital Boston
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Our services
The BACH service provides 24-hour access to consultation and care. Urgent office visits can be arranged as needed, in addition to timely routine follow-up appointments. Communication with primary care providers is prompt.

The service provides:

  • Patient and family teaching and care for acute medical needs as well as preventative health maintenance and improvement.
  • Access to patient, family, social and emotional support groups, liaisons and conferences.
  • Institution and promotion of patient care and management guidelines.
  • Leadership in therapeutic advances and trials.
  • Access for regional, national and international physicians and medical care providers for consultation, coordinated care provision for patients and training.
Our Areas of expertise
  • Transcatheter therapeutics
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Heart failure management
  • Noninvasive strategies
  • Peripartum care
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Related topics:
Anatomy and Function of the Heart Valves
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR/PAPVR)
Aortic Stenosis
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BACH in the News
Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) Service and BACH patient featured in recent Boston Globe article.
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BACH patient Lisa Canto with Dr. Mary Mullen
Image Dad becomes the patient When Mark, 37, was diagnosed with an anomalous right coronary artery, he was skeptical about coming to a children's hospital for surgery. "As it turns out, it was the best decision I ever made..."
Image Cliffhanger For the first time, patients with severe congenital heart disease can live to see middle age. But once they do, people like Jim Langill face some physical challenges...
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