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Ensure that we can continue to be successful in expanding our reach, providing critical information, and advocating for high-quality CHD care.
Announcing ACHA's Research Program
The ACHA Research Grant Application is now available. ACHA will award two faculty grants and one fellow grant to start July 1, 2019.
Congenital Heart Legislative Conference
Your voice matters as we unite to educate our members of Congress about congenital heart disease! Join us March 4-5, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Introducing The Pulse
Our magazine is the newest way we will keep you updated on the many exciting things happening at ACHA.
ACHA Launches National Accreditation Program
More than a dozen centers throughout the United States are the first to earn ACHA Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Accreditation
Become a Congenital Heart Champion!
Be a part of this special group of supporters who give monthly. Join and receive an exclusive Congenital Heart Champion t-shirt as a gift from ACHA.
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Connect with practices and practitioners specializing in adult congenital heart disease.
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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
By bringing our expertise on congenital heart disease to the adults that live with it, we offer the promise for safer, healthier lives.
Supporting 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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Providers
Providers
Treating congenital heart defects in adults is to understand the continuum of the disease from its infancy. The Adult Congenital Heart Association brings together valuable research, training opportunities and standards of care to help you help your patients and further define this specialization of cardiovascular disease.
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A Blog for the Congenital Heart Disease Community
Cardio is Hardio: Running With CHD
How I became a runner after many years of cardiologists telling me I “can’t” run still amazes me. I was born with hypopl…
CHD and Finding “The One”
My husband, Chris, and I have been together 10 years and married almost seven. Some days I still can’t believe I found m…
Bridging the Healthcare Gap: Satellit…
Let’s face it, not all patients want to travel to see a doctor, regardless of their diagnosis or symptoms.
In adult con…
CHD: When You’re a Physician and a Pa…
Everyone always jokes with doctors, “What happens if you get sick?” Some of us laugh off the question. But, I am a famil…
Preparing for a Natural Disaster When…
Natural disasters can cause catastrophic damage leaving many without power, food, water or shelter for days or weeks. Wh…
Miss West Virginia: The Paradox of My…
For as long as I can remember, I have felt that my heart condition was a paradox in my life, an inconvenient reality tha…
It’s All About Community
I have found many of us share the same story: We thought we were “fixed,” then it turns out we weren’t. We go on to have…
The Reasons Behind The "Why"
While fundraising campaigns like the Meil Family Foundation Valentine Match Challenge and #GivingTuesday are important t…
Getting Good at Transitions
It’s that time of year again where every weekend is filled with graduations and weddings. For many people, summer repres…
A Lesson on CHD and Acceptance
I had been studying for my last college exam when a friend from the Adult Congenital Heart Association asked if I would …
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