Our Services

We want every patient who steps into our clinic to have access to pediatric cardiology treatment options that are best suited to what they want from their treatment.

Pediatric Cardiology Consultation

Pediatric Cardiology Consultation on full spectrum of various cardiovascular conditions, including congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, hyperlipidemias, arrhythmias, and acquired heart diseases.

Fetal echocardiogram

Fetal echocardiography sees the structure and function of unborn child's heart and is typically done in the second trimester. It provides information on how baby's heart formed and find abnormalities in the baby's blood flow or heartbeat.

Echocardiogram

An Echocardiogram or Echo is a test that uses ultrasound to show how your heart muscle and valves are working. The sound waves make moving pictures of your heart with its size and shape.

EKG

An Electrocardiogram - EKG or ECG is a test to measure electrical activity of heartbeat. It finds how long the electrical wave takes to pass through the heart as well as measure the amount of electrical activity wave passing through the heart muscle.

Event Monitor

Cardiac Event Monitor is used when you need long-term monitoring of symptoms that occur less than daily.

Holter

Holter monitor test used to figure our if you have a heart rhythm problem, specially if the electrocardiogram doesn't give provide enough information about your heart's condition.

Common reasons to see a pediatric cardiologist:

Symptoms that may suggest heart problems in children such as:

  • Dizziness

  • Chest pain

  • Passing out or fainting (also called syncope)

  • Palpitation - rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat, your child might say a heartbeat that feels funny or fluttery

  • Shortness of breath

  • Fatigue and weakness

Congenital Heart Diseases such as:

  • Aortic Valve Disease: This is a disease in which the valve between the the left ventricle (pumping chamber of your heart) and the aorta ( main artery in the body) doesn’t function properly.

  • Atrial Septal Defect (ASD): This defect means that there is a hole in the wall that separate two upper chamber of the heart (atrium).

  • Atrioventricular Canal Defect: This defect is a combination of ASD, VSD, and abnormalities of atrioventricular valves (tricuspid and mitral).

  • Coarctation of the Aorta: A portion of aorta is narrowed. The aorta is the main body artery that supplies oxygenated blood to body.

  • Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV): The pulmonary artery and the aorta (the two main body artery) are both on the the right side of the heart.

  • Ebstein’s Anomaly: It is a rare heart defect in which the tricuspid valve doesn’t function properly.

  • Heterotaxy Syndrome: This defect is also known as Isomerism, and does not only affect the heart but the other organs as well which may include the heart, lungs, intestines, and stomach. These organs could be in abnormal places.

  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: In this defect, the left side of the heart is not well developed.

  • Patent Ductus Arteriosus: In this defect, the blood flow between between the two largest arteries is abnormal.

  • Pulmonary Atresia: Due to abnormality in the pulmonary valve, this defect doesn’t allow the blood to go to the lungs to get blood.

  • Pulmonary Stenosis: In Pulmonary Stenosis there is obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery.

  • Single Ventricle - Only one ventricle does the work of pumping chamber due to congenital abnormalities of another pumping chamber

  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: The pulmonary veins do not attach normally to the left atrium. They attach to a wrong part of the heart.

  • Tricuspid Atresia: When a child has this disease, the tricuspid valve is blocked.

  • Transposition of The Great Arteries (TGA): The aorta and the pulmonary artery are switched or not in the proper place.

  • Tetralogy of Fallot: Various components of this defect includes, a hole in the lower chambers of the heart, an obstruction of blood supply from the heart to the lungs, the aorta lies over the hole in the lower chamber, and muscle of right chamber becomes overly thickened.

  • Truncus Arteriosus: In this defect, one blood vessel comes out of the right and left ventricle instead of two separate.

  • Vascular Ring: A Vascular Ring occurs when there is an abnormal formation of the aorta or the vessels surrounding it. The trachea and esophagus can also be affected which leads to breathing and feeding issues.

  • Ventricular Septal Defect: In this defect there is an abnormal hole between the two lower chamber of the heart.


Acquired Heart Defects such as:

  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy: This defect causes a weakened and larger left ventricle, which then causes the heart’s ability to pump blood drop.

  • Endocarditis: There is infection of the endocardium, or inner lining of heart.

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: This defect commonly causes sudden cardiac arrest. The walls of the ventricles are thickened.

  • High Cholesterol: High level of cholesterol noted in blood test.

  • Kawasaki Disease: Symptoms for this disease include high fever and other typical symptoms. It could affect coronary arteries.

  • Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Prolapse: This is a common heart murmur which is caused by a “leaky” valve.

  • Myocarditis: By definition, Myocarditis is the inflammation of the middle layer of the heart wall.

  • Pulmonary Hypertension: Increased blood pressure that affects the pulmonary arteries- arteries in your lungs, and the right side of the heart.

  • Rheumatic Heart Disease/Rheumatic Fever: This disease comes from improper course of strep throat or scarlet fever.


Arrhythmias such as:

  • Heart Block - this could leads to very slow heart rate

  • Long QT Syndrome: it could leads to very fast and chaotic heart beat that may cause seizures and fainting.

  • Supraventricular Tachycardia: Also known as SVT, this causes rapid heart beats.

  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: This syndrome causes an extra electrical pathway in the heart