Patient Education

This page is dedicated to our Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients

Aim for a Healthy Weight.

• Assessing your weight and health risk:(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
  • How to Calculate Your BMI(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
  • Waist to Hip Ratio(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Clinical Update:

• 3-D Imaging Techniques Transform Cardic Catheterization by participating physicians - Jamil Aboulhosn, MD; Daniel Levi, MD; and John Moriarty, MD(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Upcoming Event:

• Northern CA Chapter and Stanford Marfan/Aortic Center Patient Education Seminar, May 14, 2016

Adult Congenital Heart Association Webinars: ACHA Webinar schedule and registration information(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

• Atrial Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease - scheduled for Feburary 13, 2018, 7-8pm EST(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Past Events:

• ACHA's 7th National Conference being held September 5-7, 2014 in beautiful Chicago!
• Healthcare Transition Family Forum: Program for Parents, Teens and Young Adults - scheduled for May 18, 2013(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

For a healthier you, please see the articles below on walking, list of medications that interact with grapefruit, and the Dash Diet:

• Walking for Health
• Expanded list of medications that interact with grapefruit(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• The Dash Diet(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

For information on Advance Health Care Directive and what you should know, please click on the links below:

• Advance Health Care Directive: What you should know(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Advance Health Care Directive Form and Instructions(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

ACHA articles, click below:

• ACHA Fact Sheet 2012(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Birth Control for CHD(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• CCTGA(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Coarctation of the Aorta(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Heart and It's Electrical System(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Long Winding Road to Adulthood(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Obtaining and Storing Medical Records(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• PH Education(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Quality of Life in CHD(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• TGA Mustard(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)