Adult Congenital Heart Disease
HOW TO REFER A PATIENT
For urgent referrals or inpatient transfers, please call UAB MIST (Medical Information Service via Telephone) at 1-800-UAB-MIST (1-800-822-6478) or email mist@uabmc.edu. UAB MIST is a toll-free, 24-hour service that connects physicians anywhere in the country with UAB Medicine specialists.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Advances in pediatric congenital care have pushed the life expectancy far beyond childhood for most patients, yet more than 60% stop seeing a cardiologist by age 18. UAB Medicine’s Alabama Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program has the full range of expertise to provide continuing medical and surgical care, thanks to a comprehensive team approach that focuses on preventing small problems from turning into life-threatening issues. We partner with cardiologists and primary care physicians to care for this growing patient population at convenient clinics throughout Birmingham and in Huntsville and Montgomery.
FEATURED EDUCATION
Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2023
Cardiologists and primary care physicians.
Care of the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
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Cardiologists and primary care professionals
More than 20,000 adults enter the Adult Congenital Heart Disease population every year, but 60% are lost to follow-up care. View this CME program presented by UAB’s Marc G. Cribbs, MD, and James K. Kirklin, MD, to learn how to recognize and educate these vulnerable patients about the ongoing, specialized care they need to live longer, healthier lives.