Services and specializations

Cook Children's Heart Center services include echocardiography, fetal echocardiography, electrocardiogram (EKG), 24-hour Holter monitoring, trans-telephonic ECG (electrocardiogram) monitoring, stress testing and cardiac catheterization. In addition, multiple services are available to treat the wide array of diseases and ailments that can afflict a patient’s heart.

Cardiothoracic surgery

The Cardiothoracic Surgery program provides comprehensive care for neonates, infants and children with acquired or congenital heart and cardiovascular defects.

Echocardiography and fetal echocardiography

The echocardiography lab performs diagnostic testing on patients in the lab, as well as in the emergency department, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Cath Lab and cardiac step down area (located at 3 Pavilion).

Catheterization lab

Cardiac catheterization is a non-surgical, invasive procedure used to evaluate the structure and function of parts of the heart and vessels connecting to it.

Cardiac anesthesia

A team of pediatric anesthesiologists provides anesthesia to patients in the cardiac operating rooms and the catheterization labs, as well as other areas in the hospital where our patients need specialized care.

Cardiac arrhythmia

Cardiac arrhythmia services cares for children and adolescents with abnormal heart beats and rhythms.

Interventional cardiology

Pediatric interventional cardiology at Cook Children's specializes in diagnostic evaluation and treatment of a wide variety of complex congenital heart disease lesions.

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