Program Highlights

 

Cardiac Catheterization

Phoenix Children's has the only pediatric-dedicated cardiac catheterization suite in the state and the only laboratory for "hybrid" procedures in the Southwest

 

More than 300 cardiac catheterization procedures were performed in 2005.  More than 60 percent of these were interventional procedures

 

Cardiothoracic Surgery

More than 400 pediatric heart surgeries took place at Phoenix Children's Hospital in 2006

 

Our chief heart surgeon, Dr. Michael Teodori, performed 200 open-heart surgeries and 40 closed-heart surgeries

 

Electrophysiology

In 2005, more than 100 electrophysiologic studies were performed for a variety of electrical conditions

 

95 percent of our radiofrequency ablations result in a "cure," avoiding the need for life-long antiarrhythmic medication therapy

 

Dr. Mitchell Cohen has implanted more than 40 pacemaker/defibrillators and currently follows nearly 400 patients in a pacemaker clinic, providing comprehensive outpatient care for these patients

 

Cardiac Imaging

The cardiac imaging team, led by Dr. Bryan Sandweiss, performed 8,600 inpatient and 1,300 outpatient echocardiograms in 2005

 

Phoenix Children's has the only pediatric cardiologist trained in cardiac MRI in Arizona, completing more than 200 cases in 2005

 

State of the art imaging using 3-D, 4-D, and tissue Doppler/velocity mapping were implemented in 2006

 

Contact

Cardiothoracic Surgery   (602) 546-0200

Cardiology  (602) 253-6000