Specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care of heart conditions in fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents.
Main focus areas include:
- Congenital heart defects – diagnosis and management of structural heart problems present at birth (e.g., septal defects, cyanotic heart disease, Complex congenital heart diseases)
- Acquired heart diseases – rheumatic heart disease, myocarditis, Kawasaki disease, cardiomyopathy
- Heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) – evaluation with ECG, Holter, and referral to electrophysiology studies
- Heart failure management – medical therapy and monitoring
- Preventive cardiology – screening for murmurs, hypertension, lipid disorders, and family history risks
- Fetal cardiology – prenatal diagnosis through fetal echocardiography
- Cardiac imaging & diagnostics – echocardiography, ECG
- Interventional procedures – cardiac catheterization, device closures, balloon valvotomy
- Post-operative care – follow-up of children after cardiac surgery
- Long-term transition care – supporting adolescents with congenital heart disease into adulthood