Mayo Clinic offers the entire spectrum of pediatric heart care services, from selecting the most appropriate medication for a condition to handling the most complex pediatric cardiac surgery and heart transplant for children, using a multispecialty team approach to care.

Experts in Mayo's Division of Pediatric Cardiology evaluate signs and symptoms and treat numerous heart disease and heart-related conditions in children and teenagers.

Signs and symptoms

Examples of signs and symptoms evaluated in our Division of Pediatric Cardiology include:

• Heart murmurs
• Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm)
• Tachycardia (fast heart rate)
• Bradycardia (slow heart rate)
• Syncope (fainting)

Diseases and conditions

Our experts diagnose and treat all types of heart diseases and related conditions in children, such as:

• Congenital heart defects
  • Anomalous pulmonary veins
  • Aortic valve stenosis
  • Atrial septal defect
  • Atrioventricular canal defect
  • Coarctation of the aorta
  • Coronary artery anomalies
  • Ebstein's anomaly
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Mitral valve abnormalities
  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Pulmonary artery stenosis
  • Pulmonary valve atresia
  • Pulmonary valve stenosis
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Transposition of the great arteries
  • Tricuspid atresia
  • Truncus arteriosus
  • Vascular ring
  • Ventricular septal defect
• Arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders)
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Atrial flutter
  • Long QT syndrome
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Cardiomyopathies and heart failure (heart function disorders)
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Myocarditis
• Acquired and other heart disorders
  • Eisenmenger syndrome
  • Kawasaki disease
  • Pulmonary hypertension

Mayo's pediatric and adult cardiologists collaborate closely to coordinate care as your child ages if he or she has a condition that requires lifelong treatment and follow-up. Pediatric patients typically transfer to a separate adult hospital or clinic, with new physicians and a new treatment team, as they transition from pediatric to adult care.

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