Adult Heart Care

The Center for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

Appointments
Call 314.454.KIDS (5437) or 800.678.KIDS (5437)

Transition program
The Center for Adults with Congenital (from birth) Heart Disease provides comprehensive care and support on one medical campus.

The transition from pediatric heart care to adult heart care can be a difficult time for many young patients. Heart Center staff work to ease that transition by talking with patients and families early in the teen years to explain the center’s seamless model of care.

Pediatric cardiologists and adult cardiologists work together and share expertise to care for both children and adults.

When pediatric patients are ready to transfer care to the adult program, a transition plan provides patients and families an opportunity to meet with adult cardiologists during a pediatric clinic visit.

The partnership

• St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Washington University Heart and Vascular Center

Who we serve
We care for more than 2,000 patients throughout the Midwest:

• Adults who have survived congenital (from birth) heart disease
• Pediatric heart patients who have transitioned into adult care

Immediate access
The Heart Center offers outpatient sessions each week to accommodate patient appointments.

Learn more our adult heart care services.