At the WVU Medicine Children’s Heart Center, we understand that learning your child may have a heart condition can be overwhelming. When that happens, we’re here to guide you and your child on your journey.
As the only tertiary care pediatric cardiac program in the state that diagnoses and treats heart conditions, we have the experience and care your child needs. And many of our providers lead or take part in federally-funded research projects – work that will help to pave the way for breakthrough treatments.
Conditions We Treat
We treat many different heart conditions, including:
- Arrhythmias (including genetic arrhythmia syndromes)
- Congenital heart defects
- Genetic abnormalities and syndromes associated with heart abnormalities
- Hyperlipidemia
- Kawasaki disease
- Myocarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
Treatments and Services
Using advanced diagnostic techniques and individualized treatment plans, we ensure comprehensive care to support your child’s heart health at every stage of development. Comprehensive monitoring * Comprehensive Cardiac Diagnostics and Testing * Regular follow-up for congenital heart defects * Inpatient and outpatient care coordination * Pre-and post-surgical care Supportive Care * Nutrition and lifestyle counseling * Genetic counseling coordination for hereditary heart conditions * Family education and support * Dedicated social work support to help families address financial, emotional, and social challenges, and to connect them with essential resources and services for managing their child’s heart condition.
Medical Management * Medications for Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, and Hypertension * Blood Thinners and Anticoagulation Management * Lipid and Cholesterol Management
Specialized Clinics:
- Single Ventricle Clinic
- Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
- Cardiogenetics Clinic
- Lipid Clinic
- Fetal Cardiac Clinic
- Pacemaker Clinic
Diagnostic cardiac imaging
Diagnostic cardiac imaging is a non-invasive way to evaluate the structure, function, and hemodynamics (blood flow dynamics) of the heart. These images allow your child’s doctor to accurately diagnose their heart condition. Our diagnostic cardiac imaging services include:
- Computed tomography angiography (CTA)
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Echocardiography
- Fetal echocardiogram
- Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
- Transthoracic echocardiogram
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Interventional cardiology
Interventional cardiology uses catheters to treat structural heart diseases. We offer many types of these procedures, including:
- Atrial septal defect closure
- Balloon angioplasty and valvuloplasty
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure
- Stent placement for focal stenosis
- Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement
Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology helps diagnose and treat abnormal electrical activities of the heart. (It’s this electrical system that controls how the heart beats.) Our services include:
- 3D electrophysiological mapping
- Ablation of anomalous electrical pathways using radiofrequency or cryoablative technology
- Electrocardiography (EKG or ECG)
- Holter and event monitoring
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
- Implantable loop recorders
- Pacemakers
Pediatric Cardiology Clinics
Caring for a child with a heart condition or disease calls for experienced, attentive care. We’ve created several specialty clinics to ensure your child gets the care they need, when they need it. During clinics, we work with children, families, and providers in other departments (such as genetics and neurology) to conveniently deliver care, support, and resources for your entire family.
Our clinics include:
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Arrythmia and genetic arrhythmia syndrome clinic
- Cardio genetics clinic
- Connective tissue disorder clinic
- Lipid clinic
- Muscular dystrophy clinic
- Pediatric pacemaker clinic
We also understand it can sometimes be a challenge to drive to our main campus. So, we’ve created nine outreach clinics that bring care close to your home.
We see pediatric cardiology patients at the following locations: Morgantown, Beckley, Charleston, Lewisburg, Martinsburg, Parkersburg, Princeton, Summersville, Huntington, and Wheeling. This allows families to access expert heart care for their children across multiple convenient locations.
