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Thanks to advances in medical and surgical care, most people born with serious congenital heart defects (CHD) are now surviving long into adulthood. Adults with CHD continue to need care throughout their lives. These patients are best served by clinicians who understand their complex and unique needs.
Our Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) Pulmonary Hypertension Division is committed to your lifelong cardiac care needs. In partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we offer a full range of inpatient and outpatient clinical services to adults with CHD and pulmonary hypertension, from diagnosis to cardiac catheterization and surgical repair. What’s more, we’re devoted to helping our patients maximize their physical, emotional, medical, and social health.
Our program sees more than 3,000 adults annually. While many of our patients have been treated at Boston Children's Hospital their entire lives, we also welcome new patients — of every age. There is no form of CHD or pulmonary hypertension that’s too complex for our team.
Committed to providing a lifetime of care to patients, our program offers a full range of care to adults with heart disease.
The BACH Program provides comprehensive care to adult patients living with CHD. We are committed to advancing care by training future leaders in our field as well as advancing medical science through research. All of our doctors are involved with the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
The BACH Program is also closely involved with the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA), a national patient-run group that lobbies to improve the quality of life of adults with CHD through education, outreach, and promotion of research. Our program is one of the first in the country to receive ACHA accreditation. In fact, we are one of the few accredited adult CHD programs in New England; we have one of the largest ACHD programs in the country. We are honored to have worked with ACHA since its inception, and we continue to serve as members on its medical advisory board. Over the years, we have worked with ACHA to create standards of excellence for adults living with CHD.
Many adults with congenital heart defects — whether diagnosed in childhood or later in life — need lifelong, specialized care. In this webinar, Boston Children’s adult congenital heart experts discuss how a deep understanding of pediatric and adult heart care helps them manage complex conditions and support long-term health across all aspects of life.
Boston Children's has been home to some of the greatest medical and social innovations for adults with congenital heart diseases. Our program is staffed by specially trained doctors and nurses who are dedicated to helping all of our patients find their own pathway to success.
We provide world-class, comprehensive care by coordinating and collaborating in many different areas. Our services — in outpatient and inpatient as well as intensive care — include:
Whenever needed, our team collaborates with a wide range of specialists from other medical disciplines to provide a full spectrum of care for our patients. We routinely work with electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons, obstetricians, gynecologists, intensivists, pulmonologists, hematologists and oncologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, and dentists.
Older adults who have congenital heart disease are at risk of developing the arrhythmia atrial fibrillation (AFib). They need effective care that also minimizes potential complications. Boston Children’s Electrophysiology team offers pulsed-field ablation — an innovative, safe, and minimally invasive type of catheter ablation that stops the heart from sending the mixed electrical signals that cause rapid heartbeats. Read how we’re setting a new standard in the treatment of AFib.
We offer a two-year multi-institutional fellowship program in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The program accepts two fellows each year.
