The Cardiac Center at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Our Services
The Cardiac Center at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital is a component of Memorial
Cardiac and Vascular Institute. Our team consists of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who work collaboratively to create customized treatment plans for pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart problems. With the participation of community cardiologists, we also provide outpatient cardiac services to children all over South Florida.
Below, you can learn more about our facilities and services and the people who endeavor to provide the finest in preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic cardiac care.
Cardiac Imaging
An outstanding feature of the Cardiac Center is the Pediatric Heart Station, which provides a convenient, centralized location for conducting non-invasive cardiac imaging (echocardiography) and other diagnostic tests. Advanced imaging technology also plays a strong role in prenatal care units, newborn intensive care units, the catheterization laboratory, operating rooms, cardiac intensive care units, the emergency room, non-cardiac inpatient units and outpatient clinics.
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Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure in which flexible tubes are inserted
into the arteries or veins and advanced into or around the heart. Using catheters,
doctors can perform many kinds of diagnostic or therapeutic (also called
interventional) procedures without having to perform highly invasive surgery.
Sometimes, surgical and interventional procedures can be combined into a
hybrid procedure for maximum benefit. The Cardiac Center at Joe DiMaggio
Children's Hospital is the only children's
hospital in Broward and Palm Beach
Counties performing pediatric cardiac catheterization, and it is staffed
with an experienced pediatric interventional cardiologist and support personnel
who understand the anatomy of infant and pediatric hearts.
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Cardiac Surgery
The cardiac surgery program at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital has attracted
patients from all over South Florida and beyond. Led by a sophisticated,
multidisciplinary team of pediatric cardiac surgeons, the program works in
tandem with the hospitals pediatric interventional cardiologist on cases
that require a hybrid surgical approach.
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Anesthesiology
Cardiovascular anesthesiologists at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital are
experts in the unique needs of children who are undergoing surgical procedures
for heart problems. They administer sedatives and anesthetics to keep even
the youngest of patients as calm and comfortable as possible, and they monitor
vital signs before, during and after operations to help ensure a smooth transition
to recovery.
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Perfusion
During open heart surgery, a patients heart and lungs are temporarily stopped to make it easier for the surgeons to do their job. At that time, the patients respiratory and circulatory functions are handled by a heart-lung machine operated by a perfusionist, an allied health professional specially trained to keep these physiological functions as normal as possible until it is time to re-start the heart and lungs.
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Cardiac Intensive Care
After heart surgery, a patient begins recovery in the cardiac intensive care unit, where doctors and nurses provide round-the-clock care and monitor all vital signs until the patient is ready to transition into another unit for further recovery.
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Genetic Counseling
For those concerned about potential genetic complications, we
provide information about the risk for certain birth defects and genetic
disorders. Advanced techniques are used to determine risk for a variety of
genetic disorders that might develop during pregnancy, with appropriate treatment
or referral available.
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