Although most adults born with congenital heart defects lead active lives, some experience lifelong difficulties. Complications related to congenital heart defects, abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure, or deterioration of previous heart repair require specialized care. The MaineHealth Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program provides personalized, lifelong care to adult patients with congenital heart disease. It is the only program of its kind in northern New England.
Our expanded adult program offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient clinical services, from diagnosis to surgical repair. Care for adults with congenital heart disease may include surgery, electrophysiology, and interventional procedures, as well as coordinated care management by highly trained clinical professionals and social workers.
Many breakthroughs have also been made in surgical and non-surgical approaches to treating the problems faced by adults with congenital heart disease. Our board-certified specialists help patients with congenital heart disease transition from pediatric to adult care. Our comprehensive program combines pediatric and adult cardiologists all within the same hospital. To learn more, check out our latest innovation video series.
conditions:
- Newly diagnosed congenital heart disease such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent foramen ovale
- Complex congenital heart defects that require care from childhood and now require transition to adult medical services
- Aortic disease caused by connective tissue diseases such as Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and Loyce-Dietz syndrome
- Coronary artery abnormalities and Kawasaki disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- congenital pregnancy
