Adults aren’t the only ones who can have heart problems – many heart and circulatory system conditions affect fetuses, babies, children, and teens, too. And since most kids with a heart condition are born with a congenital heart defect (when their heart didn’t develop normally or completely in the early weeks of pregnancy) – we know that the sooner your child can get diagnosed and treated (if needed), the better.
When little hearts need help and parents need hope, Nemours is there, at:
- our state-of-the-art Nemours Cardiac Center – located within the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE
- Nemours Children's Clinics and other health care providers throughout the Delaware Valley
- Nemours Children's Clinics in Florida
Whatever kind of heart problem your child has – or wherever you live – our teams of cardiac experts use the latest, most advanced technologies to diagnose and treat children of all ages with all kinds of heart disease, from the mild to the extremely complex. We specialize in early detection and repair, so that your child will have the best possible chance for a healthy future.
We work together with everyone involved in your child’s health – whether it’s members of our own cardiac team, other Nemours specialists, your primary care physician or pediatrician, or other health care providers. We make sure everyone’s on the same page so that your child can get the most efficient and highest quality care.
But we also believe in a strong doctor-parent partnership – our team may know your child’s heart, but only you know your child best. That means we want you to be an active participant in the decision-making process. That’s why we take the time to: explain the diagnosis and treatment in understandable terms, present all of the options, invite your family’s input for creating the right treatment plan for your child, and encourage you to stay by your child’s side (through tests, treatment, and hospitalization) as much as possible.
The Nemours Cardiac Center
At the Nemours Cardiac Center, an entire staff of pediatric heart experts – including cardiologists, heart surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, technicians, and social workers – is dedicated entirely to the special challenges of childhood heart abnormalities. Parents from around the region, the country, and the world entrust their children’s hearts to us. Learn more about all of the comprehensive services we have to offer at our Nemours Cardiac Center.
Nemours Cardiologists in the Community
Our Nemours Cardiac Center physicians from the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (AIDHC) don’t just treat children within our own hospital – they take their skills and expertise to clinics and hospitals throughout the area (in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey) – making it easier for children who need our help to get top-quality care.
In Florida, we keep young hearts healthy by providing our young patients with non-invasive (non-surgical) cardiac care for kids, from birth through adolescence, at two convenient locations: Nemours Childrens Clinics in Destin and Pensacola.
