Cardiac Catheterization

The Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell is recognized as one of the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. Our high-quality care and specialized disease management earned accreditation by the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF). The American Society of Extracorporeal Technology (AmSECT) has recognized Monroe Carell as a Perfusion Center of Excellence with the 2022 Pillar Award. We are one of only seven children's hospitals in the nation to earn this honor. Our program is also recognized as an Aetna Pediatric Heart Disease Center of Excellence.

We work as a team to ensure your child receives the most comprehensive heart care available. From general and fetal cardiologists to cardiac surgeons and critical care specialists, Monroe Carell is here to help your child in their health care journey. As part of a comprehensive academic medical center with one of the top heart programs in the world, we also provide seamless transition of care from childhood into adulthood.

Our team of experts plans every procedure together to ensure we account for your child’s unique heart, medical history and needs. We work with other subspecialists at Monroe Carell to provide individualized care, addressing the full scope of your child’s life, from infancy to adulthood. Two attending congenital heart disease interventionists and a team of specialists perform every high-risk heart catheterization.

We perform more than 800 heart catheterizations each year, including the most complex procedures. This means our team has more experience and produces better outcomes than any other pediatric cardiac catheterization program in the area.

Our program has greatly lowered the amount of radiation needed for heart catheterization procedures. We are among the lowest-radiation catheterization labs for congenital heart disease in the Southeast.

In our hybrid lab, interventional cardiologists and pediatric cardiac surgeons operate together to correct heart problems more quickly and with less radiation on cardiopulmonary bypass. This means less risk and shorter recovery for your child. We use a live video link to our cardiac ICU and imaging locations to speed communication and provide seamless care between teams.

Our team is creating new techniques and devices to improve cardiac catheterization care for our own patients and around the world. We participate in clinical and device trials, which means our patients have access to the best research, techniques and technology available.