Research

The Schneeweiss Adult Congenital Heart Center has a robust research program with a particular focus on conducting clinical and translational research to improve the care of our most complex patients.

Active multicenter research projects:

FOSTER: a multicenter Fontan transplant study
CHIRON: a multicenter ACHD patient registry
PCGC 3: a genetics and clinical outcomes research study
Adult Congenital Heart Association sponsored patient-centered study on anxiety in ACHD
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome genetics and ventricular function study
Clinical and Translational Science Awards sponsored Fontal liver biomarker study
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Fontan patients multicenter study

Active single-center research projects including:

Pregnancy outcomes in patients with ACHD
Impact of pulmonary valve replacement on quality of life in patients with tetralogy of Fallot
Stroke in patients with ACHD
Serial changes in systemic right ventricular function by cardiac MRI in patients with D-transposition of the great arteries and congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Publications

Publications from the Schneeweiss Adult Congenital Heart Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.