The Pediatric Cardiology Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center includes pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons with national reputations as leaders in their field. Each year, physicians see approximately 6,500 patients and perform cardiac surgery on approximately 700 children.

UT Southwestern Medical Center’s innovative research findings and clinical opportunities extend to our adult and pediatric patients alike. In 2006, UT Southwestern physicians performed the first pediatric heart-liver transplant in Texas when they treated a young patient for a rare disease that was originally discovered by UT Southwestern researchers.

In the Comprehensive Center for Heart Care at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, subspecialty cardiology clinics include:

• Heart failure
• Heart transplantation
• Preventive cardiology
• Young adult congenital heart disorder

Inpatient services are divided between the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, where patients receive concentrated treatment and monitoring, and the cardiology inpatient floor, in which all beds have data transfer capabilities with central monitoring.

Using such state-of-the-art equipment combined with the latest treatments and years of experience, UT Southwestern’s pediatric cardiologists provide comprehensive care for young patients, beginning with evaluation and diagnosis and progressing through all stages of treatment.