The WashU Medicine Center for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease at Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals is dedicated to the comprehensive cardiovascular care of patients with congenital heart disease. Through a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, our team works to provide compassionate care to the growing number of patients born with congenital heart disease living into adulthood. Multiple studies have shown that adult congenital heart disease patients receiving care at a specialized center live longer and have better outcomes. The center’s team of skilled adult congenital specialists currently treats more than 2,000 adult patients from Missouri, Illinois, and surrounding states. Led by one of the region’s only board certified adult congenital cardiologists, the program is dedicated to providing exceptional care to patients and strives for national leadership in this field.
Director
Ugo Nwankwo, MD– Director
Clinical expertise
Cross-Specialization: Our center consists of trained pediatric, adult, and adult congenital specialists who work side-by-side to provide care on a shared medical campus. This cross-specialization and collaboration provides ACHD patients with the most innovative and personalized care to serve the patient’s overall health needs.
Diagnoses: Our program provides care for patients over 18 years old with congenital heart disease that has been repaired in childhood or adolescence, as well as those with unrepaired or newly diagnosed defects that are not found until adulthood. Common conditions we care for include:
- Anomalous pulmonary venous connections
- Atrial & Ventricular septal defects
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Coronary artery anomalies
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Ebstein Anomaly
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- Pulmonary atresia
- Truncus arteriosus
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Congenital valve disorders
- Those with single ventricle physiology, including hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and tricuspid atresia, who have undergone the Fontan operation
Clinical affiliations
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Center for Advanced Medicine
- Heart Care Institute
Contact Information
Referring Physicians: 314-362-1291
Patients: 314-362-1291 or 888-210-8375
Barnes-Jewish Plaza Tower & Barnes-Jewish Plaza West Tower
- Physical Address: 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Barnes-Jewish West County Medical Office Building 3
Heart & Vascular Center in West County
- Physical Address: 1020 North Mason Road, Creve Coeur, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
1020 N. Mason Road, Suite 200
Creve Coeur, MO 63141 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Center For Advanced Medicine (CAM)
Washington University and Barnes Jewish Heart & Vascular Center
- Physical Address: 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
4921 Parkview Place Suite 8A
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Monday – Friday: 9 am – 4 pm and Saturday: 9 am – 1:30 pm