Therapeutic procedures such as balloon dilation of stenotic valves and vessels, embolization of PDAs and abnormal vessels and placement of expandable stents are performed. Outpatient catheterizations are routine. Complex rhythm disturbances are evaluated and treated in the catheterization laboratory using invasive electrophysiological studies, transvenous pacemaker insertions, and anti-arrhythmic drug administration or radiofrequency ablation for tachyarrhythmias. The Non-Invasive Laboratory evaluates cardiac anatomy and function using state of the art machines. It also evaluates complex congenital cardiac problems in the fetus by performing fetal echocardiography.
Transesophageal echocardiography is performed during cardiac surgeries and cardiac catheterization.
The Pediatric Exercise Physiology Laboratory provides state of the art assessments of the cardiopulmonary response to exercise using sophisticated expiratory gas analyses. This technology may be used for the evaluation of patients with a variety of congenital heart defects and other cardiovascular problems. Patients with asthma, arrhythmias, chest pain, coronary artery abnormalities and other medical problems may also be evaluated with this technology. For names of physicians and specialists, please check our Physician Search .