Receive a full spectrum of superior care for congenital heart disease, from birth throughout adulthood.
University Hospitals Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Center has world-class experts who deliver comprehensive and personalized care access the full spectrum of CHD abnormalities. The multidisciplinary approach starts at earliest recognition of CHD – fetus, newborn, child, adolescent or as an adult and continues throughout their lifetime. Care is coordinated by a multidisciplinary team of cardiovascular specialists, interventionalists, electrophysiologists, congenital cardiothoracic surgeons, pulmonologists and radiologists. We are able to provide the latest state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services for the full spectrum of congenital heart disease for pediatric or adult CHD patients.
We offer:
- World-class experts: our physicians have faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and are either board-certified or board-eligible in their respective surgical disciplines.
- Patient-centered care: your needs and concerns will be addressed through a strong relationship with your physician.
- Access to the latest cardiovascular therapies: these include 3-D cardiac imaging, echocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, and more.
- Up-to-date information: we educate patients and their families about their disease and offer opportunities to help develop the future of ACHD management.
- Evaluation, management and consultation services: we will work with you and your primary care physician to best meet your needs. Your primary care doctor will receive a complete report on your diagnosis and recommended treatment.
- Support group: Rainbow Hearts welcomes parents of children who have had or will undergo surgery to treat congenital heart defects, and adults with congenital heart disease. This unique support group meets regularly, and provides opportunities for parents and CHD patients to share their experiences in a relaxed, positive, nurturing environment. For complete information on Rainbow Hearts, please contact rainbowheartsgroup@sbcglobal.net.
We treat the full range of congenital heart disease, newly diagnosed or previously treated, including:
- Arrhythmia issues, including pacemakers, ACIDs
- Atrioventricular canal defects
- Coarctation of aorta
- Congenital valvular disease, stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (insufficiency)
- Heart and lung transplant
- Marfan’s syndrome or other connective tissue disorders
- Septal defects, including atrial and ventricular
- Single ventricle anomalies
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great vessels
Contact Us:
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 216.844.7700. Referring physicians, please contact either Ernest Siwik, MD or Kenneth Zahka, MD by email, or call 216.844.7956.
We see patients at the following locations: