The ACC's Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section was established in 2004 to address quality, education and advocacy issues facing the congenital heart disease (CHD) profession. More than 1,200 ACC members have joined the ACC's Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section, with nearly 400 members actively contributing to activities designed to advance the care of both children and adults with CHD, as well as support the cardiac care professionals that serve them.

Because of the commitment of ACPC section volunteers, the College is able to draw on the collective expertise of section members and address the educational and advocacy needs of the CHD community in a coordinated way – something that prior to the creation of the ACPC Section Leadership Council was difficult, if not impossible to do.

The section, governed by the ACPC Section Leadership Council, is open to pediatric cardiologists, adult congenital cardiologists, cardiac care associates, including nurses, physician assistants, and other ancillary personnel, fellows in training (FITs), congenital heart surgeons and adult cardiologists.

More than 400 Section members are involved with ACPC activities across the congenital heart disease specialty (advocacy, clinical practice, publications, education and quality). Members include CCAs, FITs, pediatric and adult congenital cardiologists, surgeons, general cardiologists and CHD administrators. Send an e-mail with your interest to acpcsection@acc.org.

Mission and Objectives

ACC’s Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section, established in 2004, welcomes pediatric cardiologists, adult congenital cardiologists, nurses, PAs, CHD surgeons, fellows, CHD administrators and adult cardiologists with an interest in CHD. The Section serves as a forum all CHD professionals and stakeholders, including patients, and is focused on improving the care and outcomes of CHD patients and we welcome your input.

The ACPC Section has developed a variety of activities focused on lifelong care of patients with CHD. Initiatives cover the breadth of quality, advocacy, educational and clinical practice issues to address the needs of the 2-3 million patients living with congenital heart disease, in the US alone.

Quality Metrics

The ACPC Quality Work Group aims to develop quality metrics in pediatric and adult congenital heart disease to help improve care by providing defined measures for clinicians and programs to track over time.

Through the work of several quality metric teams, members develop, propose and vet pediatric cardiology or adult congenital heart disease metrics through a defined process.

The ACPC’s most recent Quality Metrics available for use:

ACPC Quality Network

ACC’s ACPC Council advocated to establish the ACPC Quality Network, which operationalizes current ACPC Quality Metrics and allow participating centers to collect, submit and review quality metric outcome reports through a standardized online tool. More information about the ACPC Quality Network is available at www.acc.org/qnet.

Click here to view the Quality Network’s current quality metrics.

NCDR IMPACT Registry

Since 2007, the ACPC Council has been a strong champion for developing, launching and expanding NCDR’s IMPACT Registry, the first national registry dedicated to data collection for inpatient and outpatient pediatric and adult CHD patients undergoing a diagnostic catheterization or treatment. Its data supports the development of evidence-based guidelines for CHD treatment that will improve outcomes for CHD patients of all ages.

Click here to join the Impact Registry or get more information

Please email Mona Bannerman at mbannerman@acc.org if you are interested in getting involved or have any questions about these initiatives or if you have questions or comments regarding the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Member Section.