Medical/Surgical Services

The Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center offers the region's most comprehensive services for diagnosing and treating adult patients with congenital cardiovascular defects.

Our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to addressing the needs of patients with congenital heart defects throughout their adult lives. Our expert cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, anesthesiologists and other specialists work together to provide the high quality medical and surgical care necessary for the management of patients with complex defects of the heart.

Led by Gary Webb, MD, one of the world’s foremost authorities on adult congenital heart conditions, the Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center is a unique program that combines the resources and expertise of two major medical centers: The University of Pennsylvania Health System and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Medical and surgical services are available for the following adult congenital heart conditions:

• Cyanotic defects
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Pulmonary atresia
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
  • Transposition of the great arteries
  • Tricuspid atresia
  • Truncus ateriosus
• Congenital valve defects
  • Aortic valve defects
  • Mitral valve defects
  • Pulmonary valve stenosis
  • Tricuspid valve defects
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Septal defects
  • Atrial septal defects
    • Eisenmenger’s syndrome
    • Ebstein’s anomaly
  • Atrioventricular septal defects
  • Ventricular septal defects
• Pregnancy and adult congenital heart defects

Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.