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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 specialists","text":"Joseph A. Dearani, Sitaram Emani, Emile A. Bacha.","sources":["depth-mayo-hcm","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":"specialists","title":"Congenital heart surgeons","text":"Congenital heart surgeons Diagnosis or procedure Doctor, clinic or country 3 specialists shown How we find specialists and where coverage is still growing → JD Rochester, Minnesota · United States cardiac surgeon Joseph A. Dearani → Dearani’s Mayo practice includes paediatric and adult congenital surgery, congenital valve repair and Ebstein anomaly. Mayo Clinic Rochester → Sources: Mayo Clinic · Joseph Dearani View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Boston · United States cardiac surgeon Sitaram Emani → Emani’s Boston Children’s programme assesses whether complex ventricular and outflow anatomy can support a two-ventricle repair. Boston Children’s Hospital → Sources: Biventricular repair linked to better outcomes in superior-inferior ventricles treatment · Sitaram Emani — research and clinician directory View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ New York · United States cardiac surgeon Emile A. Bacha → Bacha’s Columbia practice spans paediatric and adult congenital surgery, including valve reconstruction and complex neonatal repair. Columbia / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital → Sources: Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile · Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia View expertise and research → No specialist in this selection matches both filters. Broaden the search to see the available specialists.","links":[{"label":"How we find specialists and where coverage is still growing →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/"},{"label":"Joseph A. 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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 specialists were selected","text":"How these specialists were selected This list contains 3 specialists 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. 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Dearani, Sitaram Emani, Emile A. Bacha. Sources: Mayo Clinic · HCM treatment options · 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. 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