Pediatric cardiology
Pediatric cardiology diagnoses, treats and manage children's heart conditions. Specially trained cardiologists take a kid-friendly approach while tailoring care to their growing bodies. Depending on your child's needs, their treatment may include electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, X-rays, catheter procedures or minimally invasive surgery.
Pediatric cardiologists in Wichita
Our pediatric cardiology clinic offers access to comprehensive heart services through the Wesley Care Physicians network.
If your child has a known or suspected heart disease, our board-certified pediatric cardiologists provide assessments and create care plans to aid in their recovery. From the moment they arrive and throughout childhood, our cardiologists offer a continuation of care to ensure the best treatment for your child's diagnosis. You may be referred to this clinic by your child's primary care provider or may follow up here after a stay in the hospital.
Pediatric heart conditions we treat
We are equipped to treat the following pediatric cardiology conditions:
- Anomalous coronary artery
- Aortic stenosis
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrioventricular canal defect
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Endocarditis
- Heart failure
- Heart murmurs
- Hypertension
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Kawaski disease
- Long QT syndrome
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pericarditis
- Pulmonary atresia
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Syncope
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Transposition of great arteries
- Tricuspid atresia
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defect
- 22q11.2 deletion disorders
Pediatric cardiology services
Knowing our specialists in pediatric care are trained to administer testing options or perform procedures for children while catering to their needs is important to a parent/guardian. Our pediatric heart specialists are trained to treat patients using the following services:
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- 2D echocardiography (echo) with doppler (thoracic)
- Fetal echocardiography
- Holter monitor
- Event monitor
What to expect at your first visit
At your first visit, you are greeted by our medical office specialists, who check in the patient and verify that we have all the correct information. This is important, as we want to communicate with your family for future visits or provide additional information as necessary.
Next, a cardiology nurse greets you and your child and shows you to the vitals area to obtain your child's height, weight and vital signs. The nurse then reviews your child's medical history. Most appointments consist of an EKG (electrocardiogram) and an ECHO (echocardiogram). Both tests are noninvasive and painless ways to evaluate your child's heart. The cardiologist reviews these studies and your child's medical history to determine a diagnosis or follow-up. After, our cardiologist examines your child and thoroughly discusses the results of the testing.
The average length of these cardiology visits is around an hour and a half to two hours.