Children's Heart Institute is one of only two pediatric cardiac care facilities in southeast Texas. Our sole focus on children's heart care allows us to offer the most advanced treatment and technology to Houston's smallest residents.
We pride ourselves on creating a seamless environment where every patient's transition from surgery to inpatient to outpatient care and home is as easy as possible. We are small enough to develop personal relationships among our patients, pediatric nurses and doctors.
Our staff is committed to improving the quality of life for every child we treat. With this in mind, we monitor our young patients’progress on a regular basis. If your child needs a higher level of care than you can provide after discharge from the hospital, your case manager will help arrange for home health care.
Because many of the most significant risk factors for heart disease in adults have their origins in childhood, we pay special attention to prevention. We encourage our patients to reduce their risk factors – hypertension, obesity, poor nutritional habits and lack of exercise. When treatment is needed, it may be as simple as recommending changes in diet, with special attention to good nutrition, or prescribing a cholesterol-reducing medication
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