Children's Hospital Boston 300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 355-6000
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Clinical Services:
Cardiology Outpatient Services
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Children's Hospital Boston provides an extensive range of evaluation services for patients with heart disease through our cardiology outpatient clinics. Each year our physicians accommodate over 21,000 cardiology outpatient visits at the main hospital location in Boston and at our 11 satellite sites all located within 50 miles of Boston.
The most common reasons children are referred to Children's Cardiology Outpatient Clinic are heart murmurs, palpitations, fainting and chest pain.
What's New
Picture of Rose, Maria and Mother visiting Cardiology Outpatient Services A virtual tour of Outpatient Cardiology Services
Follow Rose, her sister Maria and their Mom on their visit to Outpatient Cardiology Services.
What should I expect during a visit?
At the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, patients typically undergo history and physical examinations as well as an electrocardiogram (EKG). Depending on what the cardiologist learns from these exams, additional testing may be done, including 2 or 3-dimensional echocardiography, exercise stress testing, Holter or event monitoring.
How long will I be there?
Please expect to spend a minimum of about two hours at the cardiology outpatient clinic if you are scheduled for a clinic visit and echocardiogram.

Often, any necessary additional testing can be completed on the same day, although scheduling conflicts sometimes require a return visit. If a patient has to come back another time, they may be able choose which of the Children's locations is most convenient for them.

Who performs the exams?
The Cardiology Outpatient Department has more than 60 cardiologists on staff as well as more than 35 fellows in training. Staff cardiologists evaluate and are responsible for all patients, but the entire team helps make the visit easier and more efficient for patients and their families. Often, cardiology fellows will assess a patient first and then discuss their findings with the supervising attending physician. Both cardiologists return to examine the patient and explain their findings.

In some instances, a nurse practitioner will perform the first evaluation and give the information to the staff cardiologist. Together, this team will evaluate the patient, discuss the findings and make recommendations about further testing and follow-up visits.

In either case, the team approach provides patients and their families the opportunity to contact more than one member of our team for questions later.

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"Cardiology Quest"
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