The Montefiore Adult Congenital Heart Disease (MAtCH) Program

Director's Description

The MAtCH program is a unique collaboration of a specialized team led by our internationally—recognized adult congenital heart disease cardiologist, Daphne Hsu, MD, and a team of experts with the Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, working in close collaboration with:

Maternal fetal medicine specialists; Pediatric cardiac surgeons; Congenital cardiothoracic surgeons; Dedicated structural interventionists and electrophysiologists; Cardiac anesthesiologists; Critical care physicians; and Advanced cardiac imagers.

Defining the Highest Standard of Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Our team of internationally—renowned cardiac specialists have extensive experience and expertise about the more than 20 types of congenital heart conditions. Their intimate understanding of the full host of services and treatments available today is uniquely designed to help MAtCH program patients:

- Maintain continuity when moving from pediatric care to adult care. Our Transition Program—offered in collaboration with pediatric CHD specialists with the Pediatric Heart Center Children’s Hospital at Montefiore—gives teenagers and young adults with CHD the expertise and resources needed to take control of their long—term healthcare.
- Mitigate potential risks and complications for pregnant women with adult congenital heart disease by partnering with Montefiore’s Division of Maternal—Fetal Medicine team to draw upon their distinctive knowledge, understanding and research.
- Capitalize on the broad—based knowledge available only at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care; one of only a handful of the nation’s heart and vascular programs with the capabilities, expertise, experience and patient outcomes indicative of a leader in cardiovascular excellence.