Pediatric Heart Care Education Videos | Treatments

An exercise stress test is a screening tool to test the effect of exercise on your child's heart.

A cardiac catheterization is a procedure used to both diagnose and treat congenital heart disease.

Why does your child need a cardiac catheterization?

How is a catheterization done and is it painful?

How long does a catheterization take and where do I wait?

About cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology studies

What an electrocardiogram is and why it is performed

An echocardiogram, sometimes called an "echo,"  is a non-invasive test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart.

What an echocardiogram is and how to prepare for the test

An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a device implanted in the chest to monitor for arrhythmias and, if necessary, to correct episodes of an abnormal heart rhythm.

Pediatric heart care education videos

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