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Pediatric Heart Center

Our pediatric experts help babies, children, and teens with heart problems live well and play hard. Our families get the latest technology, the brightest talent, and the highest level of support. All right here in Greater Philadelphia and beyond.

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Pediatric Heart Care You Can Count On

If your child needs heart care, you have come to the right place. Treating heart problems in children is different than adults. Whether your child was born with a heart condition (congenital), or it happened over time (acquired), you can trust our pediatric expertise. We bring together multispecialty teams who know how to treat even the rarest and complex conditions. In fact, we treat many patients earlier, using less-invasive approaches.

Female doctor checking boy's chest.

Special Care for the Smallest Hearts

Here, we do everything we can to make sure your child’s heart condition doesn’t hold them back.

As a pediatric academic medical center, your child can see top cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, or other pediatric heart specialists, all in one place. And our experienced teams use advanced tools and techniques.

From fetal heart evaluations and newborn heart surgery to minimally invasive procedures and ongoing follow-up care and support, we are here for your family.

We See Patients For:

We provide advanced care for a full range of pediatric heart conditions, including:

  • Congenital heart conditions: ASD, tetralogy of Fallot, single ventricle anomalies
  • Heart rhythm disorders: arrhythmias, abnormal heartbeats
  • Heart muscle and circulation disorders: cardiomyopathies, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension
  • Acquired heart disease: Kawasaki disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia

Heart Conditions We Treat

We identify and manage heart conditions through specialized pediatric services, such as:

  • Comprehensive cardiology care:
    • Catheter-based interventions, including implantable devices
    • State-of-the-art fetal and pediatric echocardiography
    • Advanced diagnostic and interventional EP procedures
  • Comprehensive congenital surgical expertise, including circulatory support

Introducing our NEW Pediatric Cath Lab

This brand-new Cath lab combines the latest imaging technology with a child-friendly environment, ensuring safe, precise, and minimally invasive procedures, often avoiding the need for open-heart surgery.

Pediatric Patient Stories

Expertise. Passion. Heart. Where caring comes to life.

Why Choose Us for Your Child’s Heart Care

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children offers life-changing or life-saving pediatric heart care in a warm, welcoming environment. Families choose us because:

  • Nonsurgical treatment options. Our pediatric interventional cardiology experts can repair many heart defects or abnormal blood vessels using nonsurgical techniques.
  • Surgical Treatment. Our pediatric heart surgeons provide state-of-the-art care for septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot, and other cardiac disorders. We use the most advanced techniques, including minimally invasive surgery, so that your child can get back to being a kid as quickly as possible.
  • Safe and trusted. Among children who need heart surgery, our outcomes meet or exceed national safety standards. We provide complete care before and after each procedure in our dedicated cardiac unit.
  • Specialized care. Our pediatric heart doctors have the training and tools to treat even the tiniest hearts and blood vessels.
  • Compassionate, kid-focused team. Experienced cardiology nurses, social workers, child life specialists, and others work together to help your child heal and get back to being a kid.
  • Close to home. We offer outpatient cardiology services in convenient community locations, so your family can get specialized care without traveling far.
  • Support for lifelong care. If your child needs lifelong heart care, we will help them transition to an adult specialist when they are older.
  • Help for traveling families. Families from out of town may request to stay at the nearby Ronald McDonald House for comfort and convenience.
  • Collaboration with Columbia. St. Christopher’s Heart Center maintains an educational partnership with Columbia University, providing ongoing training and collaboration opportunities that enhance the expertise of our physicians and ultimately improve the quality of care for our patients.
Mohammed S Ghanamah, MD, renowned cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Cardiothoracic Procedures and Surgery

Our renowned cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric heart specialists treat newborns, children, and young adults with congenital heart conditions.

mother with baby in the NICU with doctors surrounding her

Fetal Evaluation Center

Fetal echocardiograms are noninvasive tests that can diagnose heart problems in the womb. This gives you and your doctors time to create a care plan to address your baby’s needs.