Conditions & Treatments

The Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center manages the following conditions:

• All forms of congenital heart disease
• Co-Existing Acquired heart disease
• Co-Existing Heart Rhythm Disorders
• Pregnancy and Heart Disease
• Marfan Syndrome and other connective tissue disorders impacting the aorta
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Pulmonary Hypertension associated with congenital heart disease

Learn more about the following surgical procedures, operations, and rare congenital heart defects such as:

• Atrial Septal Defect
  An atrial septal defect (ASD) is an opening in the wall between the two top chambers of the heart: the right atrium and the left atrium. It is one of the most common types of congenital heart defects, comprising approximately 10%, and is more common in females than males.
   
• Eisenmenger Syndrome
  For children born with congenital heart defects, such as large holes or large connections between the great arteries, they are at risk for developing a progressive blood vessel disease in their lungs if their heart defects are not repaired early in life.
   
• Fontan Operation
  First performed in 1971 by Frances Fontan and Eugene Baudet, the Fontan procedure is a surgical procedure performed for single ventricle physiology.
   
• Marfan Syndrome
  Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue. Connective tissue holds the body's cells, organs, and other tissue together. Connective tissue is also important in growth and development.
   
• Tricuspid Atresia
  Tricuspid atresia is a rare congenital heart defect in which the tricuspid valve, the valve between the right atrium (upper chamber) and the right ventricle (lower chamber), does not develop.