Cardiologist

A pediatric cardiologist is a specialist who diagnoses and treats congenital and acquired heart diseases in children. It is a specialist who gives consultation for heart defects, heart muscle dysfunction, hypertension and any systemic disorders affecting the cardiovascular system .
A pediatrician or neonatologist may advise parents to refer their child to a cardiologist if they suspect that the heart is working abnormally. They can make such a conclusion on the basis of symptoms and abnormal results of routine cardiac examinations.

In newborns, symptoms of cardiac pathology include:

• poor appetite;
• signs of poor blood supply (paleness, bluishness of the skin and mucous membranes);
• respiratory disorders.

• chest pain;
• shortness of breath;
• dizziness;
• intolerance to physical exertion;
• fainting;
• growth retardation.

• a conversation with the parents and the child about the symptoms of the disease, lifestyle, nutrition;
• general clinical examination (examination of mucous membranes, nail plates);
• listening to the heart, measuring the pulse;
• EKG.

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After the initial consultation, the cardiologist may refer the child to one or more studies:

• echocardiogram;
• MRI, CT of the heart;
• heart catheterization.

The need for specific procedures and tests is determined by the doctor for each child with heart pathology individually
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