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Some openings or narrowed valves can be treated by catheter; others require reconstruction or ongoing monitoring.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"3 named clinics and specialist centres","text":"Mayo Clinic Rochester, Boston Children’s Hospital, Columbia / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.","sources":["depth-mayo-apical","SP02","SP04"]},{"label":"Adults still need congenital expertise","text":"Childhood repair does not eliminate later valve, rhythm or reoperation needs.","sources":["C14"]},{"label":"Specialist programmes are linked below","text":"Boston Children’s, Columbia and Mayo profiles describe different paediatric and adult congenital expertise.","sources":[]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Specialist congenital care can coordinate anatomy, surgery or catheter treatment and longer-term follow-up.","sources":["C14"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Results from one congenital operation or age group cannot represent all congenital surgery. Prior repairs and complex anatomy change the plan.","sources":["C14"]}],"sections":[{"id":"directory","title":"Congenital heart surgery clinics and specialist centres","text":"Congenital heart surgery clinics and specialist centres 3 programmes shown Select up to 3 hospitals to compare their reported services and teams. View selected hospitals ↓ Conduction mapping during biventricular repair at Boston Children’s: the source identifies Elizabeth DeWitt, Eric Feins and Sitaram Emani. Photo courtesy of Benjamin Eckstein/Beryllium Pictures; published January 2025. · Photo source United States · Boston Boston Children’s Hospital Congenital heart surgery clinical focus Boston Children’s Complex Biventricular Repair Program uses detailed imaging and tailored outflow/valve reconstruction for difficult congenital anatomy. Procedures and specialists complex biventricular reconstruction congenital valve repair complex VSD-associated outflow reconstruction Sitaram Emani → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Congenital heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Biventricular repair linked to better outcomes in superior-inferior ventricles treatment · Intraoperative Conduction Mapping to Reduce Postoperative Atrioventricular Block in Complex Congenital Heart Disease. · The Yasui operation: A single institutional experience over 30 years. NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, the Columbia paediatric programme’s hospital site. · Photo source United States · New York Columbia / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Congenital heart surgery clinical focus Columbia’s congenital service spans ASD/VSD closure, complex neonatal and congenital-valve repair, and staged single-ventricle pathways. Procedures and specialists ASD repair VSD repair complex neonatal repair congenital valve surgery staged single-ventricle surgery pediatric heart transplantation Emile A. Bacha → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Congenital heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile · Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus, Rochester, Minnesota. · Photo source United States · Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Clinic Rochester Congenital heart surgery clinical focus Mayo’s Dearani practice includes paediatric and adult congenital surgery, congenital valve repair and Ebstein anomaly. Procedures and specialists septal myectomy Joseph A. Dearani → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Congenital heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Mayo Clinic · Joseph Dearani Your hospital comparison Compare the treatment each team would propose for the same scan, anatomy and recovery goals.","links":[{"label":"Photo source","url":"https://answers.childrenshospital.org/conduction-tissue-mapping/"},{"label":"Boston Children’s Hospital","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-boston-childrens/"},{"label":"Sitaram Emani →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-sitaram-emani/"},{"label":"Read the clinic profile ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-boston-childrens/"},{"label":"Congenital heart surgery guide ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/congenital-heart-surgery/"},{"label":"Clinic, specialists and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-boston-childrens/"},{"label":"Biventricular repair linked to better outcomes in superior-inferior ventricles treatment","url":"https://answers.childrenshospital.org/specialized-ventricular-surgery/"},{"label":"Intraoperative Conduction Mapping to Reduce Postoperative Atrioventricular Block in Complex Congenital Heart Disease.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39537250/"},{"label":"The Yasui operation: A single institutional experience over 30 years.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37808042/"},{"label":"Photo source","url":"https://www.nyp.org/morganstanley"},{"label":"Columbia / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-columbia-congenital/"},{"label":"Emile A. 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Prior repairs and complex anatomy change the plan. Sources: ACC/AHA adult congenital guidance (2025)","links":[{"label":"ACC/AHA adult congenital guidance (2025)","url":"https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2025/12/18/18/48/ACCAHA-issue-new-guideline-on-managing-congenital-heart-disease-in-adults"},{"label":"ACC/AHA adult congenital guidance (2025)","url":"https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2025/12/18/18/48/ACCAHA-issue-new-guideline-on-managing-congenital-heart-disease-in-adults"}]},{"id":"selection","title":"How these clinics and specialist centres were selected","text":"How these clinics and specialist centres were selected This list contains 3 clinics and specialist centres with a documented congenital heart surgery focus in our source-linked directory. It is an editorial shortlist, not a census or an outcome ranking. Institutional expertise and published study results are identified separately. An individual doctor may participate in several treatment pathways; a study of one procedure does not establish outcomes for another. How we find specialists ↗ Congenital heart disease ↗","links":[{"label":"How we find specialists ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/"},{"label":"Congenital heart disease ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/congenital-heart-surgery/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Compare clinics / Congenital heart surgery clinics and specialist centres Congenital heart surgery clinics and specialist centres · Decision guide Congenital heart surgery clinics and specialist centres 3 clinics and specialist centres with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence. Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance Congenital heart surgery clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Congenital heart conditions need a team matched to the defect and the patient’s age. Some openings or narrowed valves can be treated by catheter; others require reconstruction or ongoing monitoring. 3 named clinics and specialist centres Mayo Clinic Rochester, Boston Children’s Hospital, Columbia / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Sources: Mayo · 67 patients with apical aneurysm repair · Biventricular repair linked to better outcomes in superior-inferior ventricles treatment · Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia Adults still need congenital expertise Childhood repair does not eliminate later valve, rhythm or reoperation needs. Sources: ACC/AHA adult congenital guidance (2025) Specialist programmes are linked below Boston Children’s, Columbia and Mayo profiles describe different paediatric and adult congenital expertise.","related_documents":[{"id":"heart-surgery","title":"Heart surgery abroad: treatments, clinics and costs","kind":"home","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/heart-surgery.json"},{"id":"clinics","title":"Heart surgery clinics: compare techniques and specialist teams","kind":"directory","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinics/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/clinics.json"},{"id":"congenital-heart-surgery","title":"Congenital heart surgery: children and adults","kind":"guide","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/congenital-heart-surgery/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/congenital-heart-surgery.json"},{"id":"doctor-joseph-dearani","title":"Joseph A. 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Promotional rankings and superiority claims omitted."},"SP14":{"title":"Intraoperative Conduction Mapping to Reduce Postoperative Atrioventricular Block in Complex Congenital Heart Disease.","publisher":"Journal of the American College of Cardiology","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39537250/","read_at":"2026-10-08","published_at":"2024-11-01","doi":"10.1016/j.jacc.2024.07.054","pmid":"39537250","source_kind":"primary-research-abstract","local_body":"/Users/eugen/Projects/frankenstein-agentic-framework/outputs/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/review/provider-depth/specialties/sources/pmid-39537250.json","supports":"Complex congenital repair conduction mapping: 149 mapped patients versus 201 controls, 2019–2022. Associations vary by anatomy; Emani coauthor.","limitations":"Nonrandomized programme comparison; not a universal pacemaker reduction or personal outcome rate."},"SP15":{"title":"The Yasui operation: A single institutional experience over 30 years.","publisher":"JTCVS open","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37808042/","read_at":"2026-10-08","published_at":"2023-07-18","doi":"10.1016/j.xjon.2023.06.019","pmid":"37808042","source_kind":"primary-research-abstract","local_body":"/Users/eugen/Projects/frankenstein-agentic-framework/outputs/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/review/provider-depth/specialties/sources/pmid-37808042.json","supports":"Boston Yasui programme retrospective cohort, 25 patients 1989–2021; Emani coauthor; conduit reintervention remains important.","limitations":"Small, long-era, selected cohort; applies to two adequate ventricles with VSD and aortic atresia or interrupted arch, not ordinary isolated VSD."}}}