Pediatric

Our Mission

We strive to provide the finest total prenatal, pediatric and young adult care for patients with congenital or acquired heart disease or who have a positive family history for cardiac problems.

Our Skills

We provide prenatal, newborn, childhood, adolescent and young adult diagnostic and interventional cardiac care, including fetal echocardiography, prenatal counseling for all fetal heart problems.

Some of our Patient's Problems

Heart Murmurs
Atrial or ventricular septal defects
Aortic or pulmonic stenosis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Hypoplastic left or right heart syndromes
Chest pain
Fainting
Arrhythmias and palpitations
Prior heart surgery

Echocardiograms

Not all echoes are alike! We are experts in pediatric echocardiographic diagnosis. Our doctors are nationally known and our technicians have decades of experience obtaining perfect echocardiograms.
State of the art echocardiograms (a form of ultrasound) can even detect cardiac abnormalities at as early as 16 weeks of pregnancy.
Echocardiographic images are clear and provide detailed information to guide care
Doppler color can accurately map blood flow
No radiation or special anesthesia is necessary (as would be needed for X-ray CT or magnetic MRI studies)

Interventional Cardiac Catheterization

Now we can close intracardiac defects, open tight valves or use stents to keep vessels open in very young children, often eliminating the need for open heart surgery, previously required.
Fetal Diagnosis and Counselling
Knowing that your future baby's heart may need urgent care at birth ahead of time can make all the difference. We work closely with your obstetrician and perinatologist to carefully and completely define your expected baby's heart problems and help to plan the critical first few hours and days of life.

Children and Teen's Athletic Screening Program

Parents want to know if their child's heart can handle the rigors of intensive training and competition required of many of our young atheletes. Silent killers such as cardiomyopathy and long QT syndrome can be ruled out with comfortable but comprehensive cardiac screening. We provide echocardiograms, electrocardiograms (EKG) and cardiac stress testing for elective screening purposes.

Adult Congenital Heart Care

Many of our patients with complicated congenital defects and prior heart care need special management.

Locations

Laguna Hills, Fountain Valley, Long Beach, San Clemente, Torrance

About Congenital Heart Surgery

Because of our many extensive regional and national contacts we are able to select the finest surgical teams for our patients if surgery should become necessary.

Our Hospitals

Our pediatric cardiologists are on call 24/7 for many hospitals and a cardiologist is always available to take your urgent calls.
     Southern Los Angeles County: Long Beach Memorial Medical      Center, Little Company of Mary Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital,                  Torrance Memorial Medical Center
     Orange County: Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) both      at the Orange and Mission Viejo Locations, Saddleback Memorial      Medical Center, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center and      Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center

How to Reach Us

• Long Beach/Torrance Area: 562 933-3350
• Fountain Valley Area: 714 979-8002
• Laguna Hills and San Clemente: 949 837-9862