Paediatric-Cardiology (Clinic)
The Paediatric Cardiology Clinic of the "Agios Loukas" Clinic provides high quality services for the treatment of congenital heart diseases. The aim is the best possible outcome for the child's health, with the greatest possible safety. The scientific manager of the clinic, Liana Vogiatzi, works closely with pediatric cardiac specialists, as well as with specialists in related fields (intensivists, neonatologists, cardiac anesthesiologists and radiologists). The Clinic also has excellent technological infrastructure and organisation, as well as qualified nursing and technical staff. Child care is not limited to the treatment of the condition, but also includes psychological support for both young patients and their parents.
It should be noted that the latest generation equipment allows all diagnostic and interventional operations to be carried out with speed, validity and safety. Nowadays, diagnosis can be made as early as in foetal life, which allows early and more effective treatment of the condition.
Children are not small adults. The physiology of a child's heart is different from that of an adult, and the conditions and diagnostic tests performed in each age group also differ. The cardiologist working with the child must be familiar with the physiology of the child's heart so that he or she can correctly assess which conditions require intervention and which do not. Essentially, a paediatric cardiologist is a paediatrician who focuses on the cardiac diseases of children, from conception and embryonic life through to adolescence.ƩUnlike adult cardiology - in which we mainly find wear and tear diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerotic disease - paediatric cardiology studies congenital heart disease. These conditions involve anatomical abnormalities of the cardiovascular system and have their own distinct natural history. They are structural disorders, located in the walls, large vessels and valves.
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Services
The diagnostic tests performed in the department are:
The choice of treatment is based on the protocols of the European Society of Pediatric Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Treatment is either drug or interventional in the haemodynamic laboratory, and in some cases surgical interventions are performed.
The procedures that are performed in the Hemodynamic Laboratory include:
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