Pediatric cardiology
The field of medicine that deals with heart defects and heart disease in children, mostly congenital heart defects or CHDs.
A pediatric cardiologist specializes in treating congenital or acquired heart conditions or disease in children and infants, including diagnosing and treating infants who are still in the womb.
An experienced, multi-disciplinary pediatric cardiology team at GVM International provides diagnosis and management of congenital and acquired heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents. Using state-of-the-art technology and techniques, we will diagnose and evaluate your child's heart condition and develop the most advanced treatment plan possible. The entire team of cardiac specialists is focused on one goal: healing your child's heart.
The reasons for pediatric cardiologist consultation are the following symptoms:
Infants
- Getting out of breath with feeds
- Getting sweaty with feeds
- Turning blue inside the mouth (gums/tongue)
- Passing out
Toddlers/children
- Unable to keep up physically with other children
- Getting out of breath with activity sooner than other children
- Getting sweaty with activity sooner than other children
- Turning blue around the gums/tongue
- Passing out
Older children/teens
- Unable to keep up physically with other children
- Getting out of breath with activity sooner than other children
- Getting sweaty with exercise sooner than other children
- Turning blue around the gums/tongue
- Chest pain with exercise
- Passing out
- Palpitations — heart skipping a beat or beating abnormally
- Dizziness with exercise
