Other services

Before her radiofrequency catheter ablation, Lindsey had frequent bouts of rapid heart rate, especially during strenuous activities. She has since returned to her beloved sports and is doing fine. Read more.

The integrated diagnostic and treatment services include cardiac catheterization, medical management before and after cardiac transplantation, echocardiography, treatment for potentially dangerous electrical disturbances of the heart, exercise testing and cardiopulmonary function.

Other important services include:

• Preventive cardiology - The program offers intensive nutrition counseling about cholesterol and how excess amounts in diets can be monitored and controlled.
• Fetal cardiology- Pediatric cardiologists diagnose and treat heart problems in unborn babies (especially abnormalities of the heart beat). See the Institute for Fetal Health .
• Radiofrequency ablation - The technique uses high-frequency sound waves to treat abnormalities of heart beat in children and adolescents.
• The heart transplantation program is one of the largest in the Midwest for pediatric heart transplantation.
  Heart transplantation program - Since the heart transplant team performed the first pediatric heart transplant at Children's in May 1988, the program has become one of the largest in the Midwest for pediatric heart transplantation. A skilled team of cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, highly specialized nurses and other professionals comprise the heart transplant team.