Congenital heart disease in adults

Adult congenital heart disease care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Mayo Clinic doctors trained in heart disease (cardiologists) and heart surgery (cardiovascular surgeons) have experience evaluating and treating adults with congenital heart disease and all types of heart conditions.

• Collaborative care. Mayo cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and other health professionals work together to provide coordinated, comprehensive care. This collaborative approach means that they can often evaluate you and develop a treatment plan within 2 to 3 days. Mayo Clinic provides care for you as a whole person. We take the time to get to know you and work with you to provide exactly the care you need.
• Advanced diagnosis and treatment. When possible, cardiovascular surgeons use minimally invasive heart surgery to treat adults with congenital heart disease.

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Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic doctors have extensive experience in treating people with congenital heart disease. Each year, Mayo Clinic health professionals evaluate and treat nearly 14,000 adults with congenital heart disease.

Each Mayo Clinic location offers treatment for adults with congenital heart disease in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic. Healthcare professionals in the Center for Congenital Heart Disease at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota treats adults with congenital heart disease and children with congenital heart defects.

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic campuses are nationally recognized for expertise in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery:

• The Adult Congenital Heart Disease Association (ACHA) has designated the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Clinic at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, as an ACHA/ACHD Accredited Comprehensive Care Center.

  This accreditation was achieved because the ACHD Clinic meets personnel requirements, offers specific medical services, and uses policies and procedures that help ensure the highest level of care for adults with congenital heart disease. This accreditation also signifies that Mayo Clinic has doctors with special expertise in diagnosing and treating congenital heart disease.

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report.
• Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

With Mayo Clinic's emphasis on collaborative care, specialists at each of the campuses — Minnesota, Arizona and Florida — interact very closely with colleagues at the other campuses and the Mayo Clinic Health System.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's cardiovascular medicine and cardiovascular surgery departments' expertise and rankings.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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Please contact your insurance company to verify medical coverage and to obtain any needed authorization prior to your visit. Often, your insurer's customer service number is printed on the back of your insurance card.

Contact

Arizona

• Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• 13400 E. Shea Blvd.
  Scottsdale, AZ 85259
• Phone: 480-301-8484

Florida

• Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• 4500 San Pablo Road
  Jacksonville, FL 32224
• Phone: 904-953-0859

Minnesota

• Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• 200 First St. SW
  Rochester, MN 55905
• Phone: 507-284-3994

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