Pediatric Cardiology

Our specialists provide comprehensive pediatric cardiology care for all ages, addressing a wide spectrum of heart conditions. With early detection and the highest quality care, your child will be in safe hands with our clinicians. 

Whether your child was born with a congenital heart defect or has an acquired heart disease, our network of pediatric cardiologists provide comprehensive cardiology care to a broad range of patients, including babies in utero, infants, children, adolescents and adults. Providing care for more than 450 pediatric cardiology patients each day, our specialists are dedicated to detecting problems early through advanced medical diagnostics. To ensure each patient receives specialized, pediatric high-quality care, we collaborate with hospitalists, practitioners, cardiac surgeons and families to determine the best treatment plans, including cardiac surgery, when required, and medical therapy.

Pediatric Cardiology Conditions and Services

Our network of board-certified pediatric cardiologists is dedicated to detecting problems early and providing intuitive, customized care for each patient's unique heart condition using the most innovative treatment methods available.

Pediatric Cardiology Conditions We Treat Include:

  • Arrhythmia
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Chest pain
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Fetal cardiac abnormalities
  • Heart murmur
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Long QT syndrome
  • Syncope
  • Diabetes
  • Extremity pain
  • Headaches

Pediatric Cardiology Services and Tests We Provide Include:

  • ADHD screening
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrophysiology 
  • Event monitoring
  • Exercise/stress testing
  • Fetal echocardiography (echo)
  • Holter monitoring
  • Inpatient care
  • Interventional cardiology
  • Medical therapy
  • Outpatient care
  • Preventative cardiology
  • Sports clearance
  • Stress testing 

Pediatric Cardiology Program Benefits

Early detection of heart problems and proper, timely treatment is critical to the health and longevity of our pediatric cardiology patients. That’s why we’re dedicated to diagnosing and treating all heart conditions quickly, efficiently and with expertise. 

Following are some of the many benefits of care from Pediatrix:

Pediatric Expertise 

Our highly qualified providers are specially focused on the care of children and continuously seek improvements in their field.

Dedicated Clinicians

With Pediatrix, your provider enjoys a supportive, innovation-minded culture and opportunities for personal and professional advancement.

Collaboration Among Care Providers

Our specialists will partner with you and your child’s other providers to ensure your child receives coordinated, personalized care. 

High-Quality Care

Your child's diagnosis and treatment will be based on the best available research and latest advancements, leading to positive outcomes.

A Strong Referral Network

Our national network enables your child to receive cardiology care close to home and gives you access to guidance when needed.

An Employer of Choice

We attract and retain the most sought-after providers, which means consistent, quality care and service for your child.

Cardiology Spotlight

Role of a Pediatric Cardiologist

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist, explains that part of being a fetal cardiologist involves planning for the delivery and properly preparing and counseling families whose unborn babies have fetal heart defects.

Family-Centered Cardiology Care

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, shares that the care of the family as a whole is at the center of everything he and his team of cardiologists do for their fetal and pediatric patients.

Multidisciplinary Fetal Cardiology

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, discusses why complex cardiology patients, including fetuses, require a multidisciplinary team of specialists to care for them and their families.

Fetal Cardiology During Pregnancy

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, discusses the multidisciplinary approach required to care for unborn babies with fetal heart defects and their mothers throughout the pregnancy and after delivery.

Pediatric Versus Adult Cardiology

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, explains the difference between pediatric and adult cardiology and why it is essential that babies, children and adolescents are treated by a cardiologist who specializes in pediatric cardiology.

Lifelong Cardiology Care

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, explains how a multidisciplinary team is formed to care for complex heart patients from before they are born all the way throughout their lives as adults.

Lifelong Congenital Heart Care

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, explains that he has the privilege of caring for patients during their entire childhood, sometimes before they are even born, into adulthood. Once his patients enter adulthood, his adult cardiology colleagues continue providing uninterrupted, comprehensive lifelong heart care.

Pediatrix Supports Its Cardiologists

Blaine John, M.D., a fetal and pediatric cardiologist with Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, explains that as a large national medical group, Pediatrix offers its physicians the resources they may not otherwise have to deliver optimal care for patients.

Adult Congenital Cardiology

Our cardiologists provide provide best-in-class comprehensive care for adult patients with congenital heart disease through advanced medical diagnostics.
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