Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Center

If your child was born with a heart defect, the ACHD Center can help.

We provide long-term care to children with congenital heart disease (CHD). We also offer care to young adults and pregnant women.

Our doctors and staff are experts in issues that people born with heart disease experience.

Congenital Heart Disease Services

Services include:

Our Goals at the ACHD Center

The goals are to:

Research and Clinical Studies

As a nationally recognized research center, UPMC Children’s Hospital’s ACHD Center participates in the latest clinical studies, which involve human volunteers and are intended to add to our medical understanding.