Patient Education

This page is dedicated to our Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients

Aim for a Healthy Weight.

• Assessing your weight and health risk:
  • How to Calculate Your BMI
  • Waist to Hip Ratio

Clinical Update:

• 3-D Imaging Techniques Transform Cardic Catheterization by participating physicians - Jamil Aboulhosn, MD; Daniel Levi, MD; and John Moriarty, MD

Upcoming Event:

• Northern CA Chapter and Stanford Marfan/Aortic Center Patient Education Seminar, May 14, 2016

Adult Congenital Heart Association Webinars: ACHA Webinar schedule and registration information

• Atrial Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease - scheduled for Feburary 13, 2018, 7-8pm EST

Past Events:

• ACHA's 7th National Conference being held September 5-7, 2014 in beautiful Chicago!
• Healthcare Transition Family Forum: Program for Parents, Teens and Young Adults - scheduled for May 18, 2013

For a healthier you, please see the articles below on walking, list of medications that interact with grapefruit, and the Dash Diet:

• Walking for Health
• Expanded list of medications that interact with grapefruit
• The Dash Diet

For information on Advance Health Care Directive and what you should know, please click on the links below:

• Advance Health Care Directive: What you should know
• Advance Health Care Directive Form and Instructions

ACHA articles, click below:

• ACHA Fact Sheet 2012
• Birth Control for CHD
• CCTGA
• Coarctation of the Aorta
• Heart and It's Electrical System
• Long Winding Road to Adulthood
• Obtaining and Storing Medical Records
• PH Education
• Quality of Life in CHD
• TGA Mustard