COVID-19 Resources
ACHA has shared information on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) for adults with congenital heart disease, including Q&As and webinars.
ACHA's National Accreditation Program
More than 40 centers throughout the United States have earned ACHA Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Accreditation.
Find your doctor
Connect with practices and practitioners specializing in adult congenital heart disease.
Clinic Directory
Living day-to-day
Living with a congenital heart defect requires critical attention to even the most ordinary medical procedures, like a dental visit.
What I need to know
NEWS & EVENTS FROM ACHA
2021 Walk for 1 in 100 and ACHA Your Way
Help us raise funds and awareness for all impacted by congenital heart disease. Join us at your local walk or host a remote fundraiser!
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
ACHA and our recently formed DEI Committee are committed to understanding and addressing the issues that limit access to specialized ACHD care.
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Heart to Heart Peer Support Program
Our Peer Mentors are trained to offer one-on-one support to other CHD patients and family members.
CONNECT WITH A PEER MENTORSupporting Patients
and Families
and Families
Congenital heart disease is survivable, manageable, yet in the routine years between infancy and adulthood, sometimes forgettable. The Adult Congenital Heart Association is a resource, advocate and knowledge base for everyone affected.
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Empowering
Providers
Providers
The Adult Congenital Heart Association brings together valuable research, training opportunities, Medical Professional membership, and more—to help you help your patients and further define this specialization of cardiovascular disease.
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By bringing our expertise on congenital heart disease to the adults that live with it, we offer the promise for safer, healthier lives.
A Blog for the Congenital Heart Disease Community
Transplant During the Covid-19 Pandem…
I got home from my transplant in April and was so relieved. Yet COVID was still leading to changes that were unexpected.…
Transplant During the Covid-19 Pandem…
I’m a first-time blogger for ACHA. I was born with Shone’s syndrome, went into heart failure at 23 after getting an arti…
Strep-Heart: My Journey with Endocard…
In my first blog post, I wrote about my experience being diagnosed with endocarditis in 2019. You can read about it here…
Strep-Heart: My Journey with Endocard…
On a warm and windy day in August 2019, I am driving down the stretch of highway in Colorado that is perched on Green Mo…
Diagnosed as an Adult: My Journey to…
I often talk about the moment I was lying on a procedure table with my cardiologist in my heart. I have spoken about the…
In the Older ACHD Population, Coordin…
As an active and energetic 54-year-old, Mr. Trevino (whose name and certain details have been changed here for privacy)…
When You Meet Another with CHD, Part…
Hello! My name is Jennifer Rogers, and I have tetralogy of Fallot. I have been an ACHA blogger since 2018, and it has al…
When You Meet Another with CHD, Part…
Hi, my name is Jared Gould. Living with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, I enjoy opportunities to share information abou…
Food For and From the Heart: New Year…
Happy New Year!
Usually, this is the time of year when we’re working on new promises to ourselves—trying to eat less o…
Finding Hope Within the COVID-19 Vacc…
I received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination two days before Christmas 2020, and I underestimated the em…