Pediatric Cardiology
What does this specialty do?
Pediatric Cardiology focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of congenital and acquired heart disease in children and adolescents, using a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach. The service performs and interprets specialized studies for the evaluation of heart conditions from the fetal stage through adulthood. It also offers medical, interventional, and surgical management aimed at improving the quality of life of the patient and their family, with continuous clinical and emotional support.
Diseases it treats
The service addresses multiple congenital and acquired heart diseases, including:
- Atrial septal defect (ASD)
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PAD)
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Aortic stenosis
- Transposition of the great vessels
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Systemic arterial hypertension
- Kawasaki disease
- cardiomyopathies
Also attends to:
- Children and adults with congenital heart disease
- Children with arrhythmias or heart rhythm disorders
- Children with heart disease acquired during childhood
- Pediatric patients with genetic syndromes associated with heart disease
- High-performance child and adolescent athletes
- Pediatric patients with cardiovascular symptoms or high cardiovascular risk
Procedures and treatments
- Pediatric cardiology outpatient clinic
- Pediatric electrocardiogram
- transthoracic echocardiogram
- transesophageal echocardiogram
- Fetal echocardiogram
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
- Therapeutic cardiac catheterization
- Electrocardiographic Holter
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Stress Test
- Tilt table test
Management may include medical, interventional, or surgical treatment, with support from multiple pediatric specialties depending on the complexity of the case.
Subspecialties
General pediatric cardiology
Pediatric hemodynamics and interventional procedures
Fetal echocardiography
Pediatric Non-Invasive Cardiology
Exam preparation
No special preparation is required. Specific instructions will be provided by the medical team depending on the study to be performed.
Schedule an appointment
Request your appointment with the specialists in Pediatric Cardiology.
Contact
Call us: (+57) 602 331 9090 ext. 3295
