Pediatric Cardiology: The Heart of a Child

It's not fair—but it can happen: Children may develop heart problems that we think only older people should have to endure.

Children, of course, have special needs whenever they are ill, and when the illness involves the heart, not only the child but the parents require extra-special support and caring. The causes of heart disease in children are usually different from adults; some procedures and treatments might be similar, but the doses, and the equipment, must be specially sized for children.

Bridgeport Hospital's pediatric cardiologist and staff know that children are not just miniature adults—and that children are the most precious things in their parents' lives.

Pediatric cardiology procedures performed at Bridgeport Hospital:

• Transthoracic pediatric echocardiography
• Fetal echocardiography
• Ambulatory electrocardiography (Holter EKG monitoring)
• Event recorder monitoring over the telephone
• treadmill stress testing
• Tilt-table testing for evaluation of loss of consciousness

Non-invasive pediatric cardiology care:

• Management of arrhythmias
• Management of congestive heart failure (CHF)