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Innovations
DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan offers a number of cardiac related services including:
Catheterization Procedures
The state-of-the-art catheterization labs at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan feature the latest pediatric equipment for diagnostic and interventional catheterization procedures. Highly-trained physicians perform a wide range of catheter-based procedures including balloon valvuloplasty and closure of atrial and ventricular septal defects.
Electrophysiology and Rhythm Disorders
When it comes to diagnosing and treating pediatric patients with cardiac rhythm disorders, the electrophysiology lab at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan is known as a leader in research and care. Electrophysiology experts provide innovative diagnostic services and therapies to children with rhythm disorders – including invasive treatments such as pacemaker implantation. Exercise stress testing is often used to study exercise related problems in children and in patients who have undergone prior repair of congenital heart defects. Tilt table testing is used to evaluate the causes of fainting.
Echocardiography Lab
Physicians at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan use specialized digital echocardiogram equipment to create video images of the beating heart. This noninvasive test can be performed in an inpatient or outpatient setting with either transesophageal or 3-D echocardiography technology. At the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, physicians and technicians also specialize in fetal echocardiography – an advanced imaging procedure to detect heart defects before the child is born.
Preventive Cardiology/Lipid Management
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan is home to one of Michigan’s only pediatric lipid management programs. This preventive care program for children with lipid disorders features specialized pediatric testing, innovative lipid management therapies, and dietary counseling.
Adult Congenital Services
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan cardiologists provide expert care for patients with congenital heart defects – even into adulthood. Whether the defect is repaired or unrepaired, many adults look to Children’s Hospital for ongoing treatment of their congenital heart defects.
Surgical Procedures
The Cardiovascular Surgery Division at Children’s Hospital of Michigan is known for its state-of-the-art approach to complex congenital heart disease. A wide variety of procedures considered too difficult to be attempted elsewhere are performed at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, including heart transplantation. In 2005, Children’s Hospital performed more pediatric heart transplants than any other hospital in Michigan. The division is a leader in the surgical repair of congenital heart defects in children, with special expertise in primary repair of heart disease in neonates and infants. Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s leaders in the use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) – an advanced technology that functions as a temporary replacement for a child’s heart and lungs after cardiac surgery.
Telemedicine
Established at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in 1999, telemedicine allows timely evaluation for infants and children with suspected congenital heart disease. This technology prevents the unnecessary transfer of patients for further cardiac evaluation and allows immediate conferencing and consultation between the referring physician and the cardiologist. Offered at seven sites in the Detroit metropolitan area, more than 4,600 telemedicine studies have been performed, to date.