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The Heart Center - Texas Children's Hospital


Ranked #3 in the US – #1 in Texas – in pediatric heart care and heart surgery by
U.S.News & World Report.
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Fast facts
Texas Children's Heart Center:
٠ Takes a family centered approach to caring for children with cardiac problems.
٠ Sees more than 12,000 patients and performs more than 750 surgeries each year.
٠ Has five board-certified pediatric perfusionists. There are only about 65 board-certified pediatric perfusionists worldwide.
٠ Is one of 14 centers in the country selected by Aetna as a Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Institute of Excellence.
 

With more than half a century of experience in caring for children's hearts, Texas Children’s Heart Center combines cutting-edge technology with compassion and a family centered approach to pediatric cardiac care.

Our cardiologists and surgeons, also academic faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, are world-renowned leaders in pediatric cardiology, congenital heart surgery and cardiovascular anesthesiology. They see more than 12,000 patients and perform more than 750 surgeries annually, with outcomes among the best in the nation.

Texas Children’s Heart Center pioneered many of the now-standard procedures and therapies related to the diagnosis and treatment of children with cardiac problems. Our cardiologists and surgeons care for children with the most complex congenital heart conditions, including:

  • aortic valvar stenosis

  • atrial septal defect

  • coarctation of the aorta

  • hypoplastic left-heart syndrome

  • pulmonary valvar stenosis

  • single ventrical anomalies

 

One of America's best pediatric heart centers
Ranked among the three best pediatric heart programs in the United States by Child magazine, Texas Children’s Heart Center provides a single point of care and offers comprehensive care for children with cardiac issues, including:

Additionally, the Heart Center is home to a cardiovascular genetics clinic, a syncope (fainting) clinic and an adult congenital heart clinic.