Congenital Heart Defects
Recognized Care for Treating Heart Defects in Children
Our Nemours Cardiac Center has the experience and advanced pediatric imaging needed to diagnose some heart defects even while babies are still growing in the womb. Our pediatric cardiologists and heart surgeons can answer your questions, address your concerns and provide the latest treatment options 鈥 including heart transplants. We鈥檙e here to give our patients advanced care in a family setting.
Congenital (present at birth) heart defects means a baby is born with at least one heart problem. Also called 鈥渃ongenital heart disease,鈥 some defects aren鈥檛 serious and just need to be managed by a child鈥檚 doctor. Others are critical and require treatment as soon as a baby is born.
Congenital Heart Defects We Treat
- anomalous coronary artery
- anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery
- aortic disease
- aortic stenosis
- aortopulmonary (AP) window
- atrial septal defect (ASD)
- atrioventricular canal defect
- cardiomyopathy
- coarctation of the aorta
- congenital mitral valve disease
- congenital sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
- cor triatriatum
- double outlet right ventricle (DORV)
- Ebstein's anomaly
- heart arrhythmias
- heart failure
- heart murmurs
- heterotaxy syndrome
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol and triglycerides
- hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- interrupted aortic arch
- levo-transposition of the great arteries
- myocarditis
- partially anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR)
- patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- pulmonary artery sling
- pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS)
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary stenosis
- pulmonary valve regurgitation
- tetralogy of Fallot
- total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
- transposition of the great arteries
- tricuspid atresia
- truncus arteriosus
- unroofed coronary sinus syndrome
- vascular ring anomaly
- ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Services We Offer to Treat Heart Defects
The expert teams in our Nemours Cardiac Center locations offer a full range of pediatric heart care. Services vary by specialist and location, but may include:
- Cardiac Catheterization. A procedure used to diagnose or treat cardiac problems by inserting a thin plastic, flexible tube (called a 鈥渃atheter鈥) into an artery or vein, and threading it through the bloodstream into the heart and its large blood vessels.
- Cardiac Diagnostics and Kid-Friendly Imaging. State-of-the-art, noninvasive and minimally invasive tests for kids of all ages, including babies still in the womb.
- Cardiology. Your child鈥檚 cardiologist will provide long-term treatment including medications, monitoring and preventive care.
- Cardiovascular Genetics Counseling. For conditions that are caused, at least in part, by changes in genes.
- Heart Surgery. We offer advanced procedures to repair congenital heart defects, performed by board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiothoracic surgeons.
- Heart Transplants (available in the Delaware Valley only)
- Preventive Cardiology. Evaluation and guidance for kids with conditions that could put them at risk for future heart problems (such as obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and coronary artery disease)
Why Choose Us for Pediatric Heart Care
World-class heart care requires the compassion to understand your family's journey, and the expertise to heal even the most complex conditions. Our pediatric heart surgeons and cardiologists treat a vast array of congenital heart defects in infants, children and teens. We offer the most advanced approaches 鈥 including heart transplants. Our specialty is the early detection and repair of heart problems, so your child will have the best possible chance for a healthy future.
Delaware Valley/Greater Philadelphia
We offer care for children with congenital heart defects at聽Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital, Delaware聽(Wilmington, Del.) and select 正澳门六合彩开奖记录 locations.
- The Nemours Cardiac Center听补迟听Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital, Delaware聽offers the complete range of pediatric cardiology and heart surgery services.
Central Florida
We offer care for children with congenital heart defects at聽Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital, Florida聽(Orlando) and select Nemours Children鈥檚 Specialty Care locations.
- Our renowned pediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery team at the聽Nemours Cardiac Center聽in Central Florida offers inpatient, critical and surgical care at Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital in Orlando 鈥 including dedicated cardiac anesthesiologists and state-of-the-art cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
Northwest Florida
We offer care for children with congenital heart defects at聽Nemours Children鈥檚 Health, Pensacola聽and our hospital affiliate,聽West Florida Healthcare, with outpatient and follow-up appointments also available at select 正澳门六合彩开奖记录 Specialty Care locations.
- 翱耻谤听Nemours Cardiac Center聽in Pensacola is home to one of the few accredited pediatric transthoracic and fetal echocardiography labs in Florida and, if needed, can facilitate the transfer of extremely ill children between our Nemours Cardiac Center locations (e.g., to聽正澳门六合彩开奖记录 Hospital, Florida.