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What Is a Congenital Heart Defect?
For more than 40 years, parents from all around the world have entrusted their children’s care to the pediatric cardiology team at Ochsner Hospital for Children. Whether your child’s heart disease is congenital or acquired, there is no better place in the region to seek care. Ochsner Hospital for Children is ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Comprehensive, leading-edge care with exceptional outcomes is available right here in your own backyard.
High Tech and High Touch
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent birth defect in America. At Ochsner Hospital for Children, a passionate, highly talented team led by 13 gifted pediatric cardiologists and internationally renowned congenital heart surgeons offer care second to none. Our team provides advanced care for even the most complex pediatric cases. Learn more about care for congenital heart disease in children and adults.
We offer everything from EKGs to non-invasive valve replacements to heart transplants. In fact, we performed the first pediatric heart transplant in the Gulf South.
As part of The John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute (JOHVI), our committed cardiovascular experts collaborate with a large team of specialists and subspecialists. Together, they deliver an invaluable continuity of care that extends from before birth through adulthood.
What’s more, our team works side by side with some of the best pediatric cardiology nurses in the country. Unlike most centers, our nurses subspecialize; they have a level of education, experience and expertise that is unrivaled.
Conditions Treated
We treat all conditions including the following:
Symptoms
- Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
- Fainting (syncope)
- Fast heart rate (tachycardia)
- Heart murmurs
- Slow heart rate (bradycardia)
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
- Pulmonary valve atresia
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Tricuspid atresia
- Truncus arteriosus
- Vascular ring
- Ventricular septal defect
Heart Rhythm Disorders (arrhythmias)
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Long QT syndrome
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Heart Function Disorders (cardiomyopathies and heart failure)
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Myocarditis
Acquired Heart Disorders /Conditions
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- Kawasaki disease
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Stroke
- Renal vascular disease/hypertension
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Obesity
Procedures Offered
We offer state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures including:
- Fetal Echocardiograms
- Cardiac MRI and CT
- 3-D & 4-D Echocardiograms
- Transesophageal Echocardiograms (TEE)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Electrophysiologic Studies
- Exercise Stress Test
- Home monitoring of Pacemakers and Defibrillators
- Holter Monitoring
- Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
Same Day Appointments are Available
When your child is having heart trouble, the “next available appointment” never seems to be soon enough. Ochsner’s pediatric cardiologists offer same-day appointments at Ochsner Hospital For Children in New Orleans and in communities near you. Online scheduling is available by phone and computer. Peace of mind is never far away.
Regional Locations
Pediatric cardiology appointments are available at the following locations:
New Orleans
Ochsner Health Center for Children
1319 Jefferson Hwy.
New Orleans, LA 70121
Ochsner Baptist
2700 Napoleon Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70115
Alexandria
Christus St. Francis Cabrini Hospital
3330 Masonic Drive
Alexandria, LA 71301
Covington
Ochsner Health Center - Covington
1000 Ochsner Blvd.
Covington, LA 70433
Ochsner Health Center for Children Pediatric Subspecialties - Covington
71211 Hwy. 21, Ste. B
Covington, LA 70433
Cut Off
Ochsner Specialty Health Center - Cut Off
102 West 112th St.
Cut Off, LA 70345
Houma
Ochsner Health Center for Children Pediatric Subspecialties – Houma
8120 Main St., Ste. 303
Houma, LA 70360
Lafayette
Ochsner Health Center for Children – Lafayette
1460 S. College Road
Lafayette, LA 70503
Marrero
Ochsner Health Center - Lapalco
4225 Lapalco Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
Monroe
Ochsner Health Center –Pediatric Cardiology
300 Pavilion Road
Monroe, LA 71292
Opelousas
Opelousas General Hospital
539 E Prudhomme Street
Opelousas, LA 70570
Raceland
Ochsner Specialty Health Center - Raceland
141 Twin Oaks
Raceland, LA 70394
Slidell
Ochsner Health Center - Slidell
2750 E. Gause Blvd.
Slidell, LA 70461
Ochsner Health Center for Children – Pediatric Specialties Slidell
105 Medical Center Dr., Ste. 304
Slidell, LA 70461
