The Pediatric Heart Center
 The staff at the Pediatric Heart Center consists of qualified, board-certified
physicians, nurses, medical assistants, technicians, a nutritionist, and
other support personnel, all highly experienced in, and dedicated to, caring
for children with heart problems. The Pediatric Heart Center offers cardiac
testing for infants, children, and teenagers that includes electrocardiograms,
echocardiography, Holter and event monitoring, and exercise stress testing.
Also available are fetal evaluations with echocardiography for prenatal diagnosis
of congenital heart disease.
State-of-the-art cardiac MRI is offered at
Rhode Island Hospital in collaboration with the department of radiology. The
Pediatric Heart Center places an emphasis on easy access to care and a family-friendly
philosophy and environment. Excellent communication between staff
members and families and referring physicians is a priority.
The center cares
for the full spectrum of pediatric heart problems from the common to the
extremely complex. It offers outpatient, inpatient, and cardiopulmonary testing,
as well as preventive cardiology programs and a lipid clinic for patients
with hyperlipidemia.
By the numbers:
Annual statistics
- Exercise stress tests:
550
- Echocardiograms
Heart center-based: 2,500
Hospital-based: 1,000
- Outpatient clinic visits
4,800
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