Children's Heart Center

Pediatric cardiologists diagnose and treat heart disorders in infants, children and adolescents.  The Atlantic Health Children's Heart Center provides comprehensive services in a five county area in central New Jersey.  Our highly trained board certified pediatric cardiologists hold academic and clinical appointments at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Children's Hospital of New York (CHONY).  Through this joint appointment, our team of experts can guarantee consistency of care from initial evaluation through invasive diagnostic testing (including cardiac catheterization) and cardiac surgery.
  
Our staff of physicians is able to provide care for a wide range of pediatric cardiac problems including:

• Diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease
• Acquired heart disease such as Kawasaki's disease
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Common cardiac findings such as heart murmurs, syncope

In addition our fetal cardiology service enables in-utero cardiac evaluation of high-risk pregnancies. Fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease allows for parental education, preparation and development of an optimal treatment plan prior to delivery. 

Noninvasive diagnostic testing includes:

• EKG 
• 2D Echo
• Fetal Echo  
• Exercise stress testing  
• Holter monitoring 
• Transtelephonic event monitoring
• Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring  

Cardiac catheterizations, as well as advanced interventional techniques such as balloon dilatation, coil embolization, device closures and stenting, are performed through our affiliation at CHONY.  If surgery is necessary, pre- and post-operative management is carried out by our group with the cooperation of the pediatric cardiac and surgical team at CHONY.

A cardiologist is available 24 hours a day for consultation. For further information regarding consultations, referrals, support groups, or information on education, please contact us.