Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiology focuses on diagnosing and treating heart conditions in children, from infancy through adolescence. It incorporates knowledge of both cardiovascular physiology and child development to understand how congenital or acquired heart disease impacts young patients differently than adults. Practitioners may specialize further in areas such as fetal echocardiography, interventional catheterization, electrophysiology, or heart transplantation. As a field within Medicine and Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology advances our understanding of cardiovascular health across the lifespan by studying how genetic factors, environmental influences, and medical interventions affect children's hearts.