It is the largest pediatric transplant program of this type in the nation. The Heart Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is the largest pediatric heart center in the region serving children of all ages with a wide range of congenital heart defects and diseases. Services offered include both closed and open heart operations, as well as heart transplantation to correct or improve a wide range of congenital and acquired defects of the heart and great vessels of neonates, infants, children and adolescents. The electrophysiology service diagnoses and treats arrhythmias during heart catheterization studies using radio frequency ablation to remove abnormal electrical pathways and correct life-threatening heart rhythms. Support is provided by pediatric cardiologists who diagnose and care for infants, children and adolescents with murmurs, chest pain, congenital or acquired heart disease, hypertension and arrhythmias.
Fetal echocardiography is used to diagnose heart disease in the unborn child.
Studies are performed with the latest equipment including a bi-plane catheterization laboratory with fluoroscopy, cineangiography and digital subtraction angiography. This equipment also is used for invasive cardiology, such as balloon valvuloplasty and angioplasty. Click here to read about Kailyn Backus's surgery. Top of page Craniofacial Surgery Children with acquired or congenital craniofacial disorders are treated at the Center for Craniofacial Disorders at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. This program, which is one of only a few pediatric craniofacial centers in the nation, uses a team approach to coordinate care for children with unique problems due to craniofacial clefts, premature fusion of the skull, craniofacial tumors, trauma, or other problems due to illness or birth defects.