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Specialty Description

Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) encompasses the unique knowledge and skills required to care for adult patients who experienced defects in one or more structures of the heart or blood vessels. This care regularly requires coordination of multiple health-related influences or providers, potentially over a prolonged or indefinite timeframe (1).

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  1. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)