Cardiology
Care for Heart Conditions
Heart problems can affect young children, adolescents, or the baby in the womb. If there are concerns about your child’s heart health, your pediatrician may recommend a cardiologist, a specialist in the detection and treatment of heart disease in children. The pediatric cardiologists at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital are dedicated to providing compassionate, state-of-the-art and convenient delivery of care to children and young adults.
The pediatric cardiology division offers complete clinical services for the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired heart disease in babies, children and young adults.
Board-certified specialists offer the complete range of evaluation and management to the following disorders:
- Congenital heart disease in children and adults
- Fetal heart disease
- Acquired heart disease (such as cardiomyopathies, Kawasaki disease, etc.)
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Adolescent cardiology
- Blood lipid disorders
- Comprehensive assessment of murmurs
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Evaluation and management of:
- chest pain
- syncope
- cyanotic newborn
Diagnostic services include:
- Electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation
- Arrhythmia evaluation and management
- Echocardiography
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
- Interventional catheterization
- Radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmias
- Pacemaker management
- Surgical management of congenital heart lesions
- Cardiac transplantation
- Evaluation and management of families with a history of premature coronary heart disease
- Cardiac MRI
- Exercise testing
- Fetal echocardiography
UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital also offers consultations and follow-up appointments with a pediatric cardiologist in other Iowa communities.
To view our pediatric cardiology educational videos, visit our YouTube channel.
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Locations and Contact
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UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
2400 Colloton Pavilion
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52242Hours
- Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact
- 1-855-543-2884 (855 KID AT UI)
- 1-319-356-1616 (Emergency)
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Quad Cities location
1236 E. Rusholme Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803Contact
- 1-563-421-3980
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Pediatric Cardiology
330 Laurel Street, Suite 2200
Des Moines, Iowa 50314Contact
- 1-855-543-2884 (855 KID AT UI)
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MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive
Dubuque, Iowa 52001Contact
- 1-855-543-2884 (855 KID AT UI)
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Sanford Childrens Specialty Clinic
1600 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57117Contact
- 1-605-333-7188