C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute
Wolfson Children’s Hospital provides pediatric cardiovascular services in collaboration with Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville.
Heart Rhythm Disorders
Arrhythmia occurs when your child’s heart beats too fast, too slowly, or irregularly. Some arrhythmias are temporary and don’t pose any risks to your child’s health, while others are more serious.
Experience Matters
At Wolfson Children’s Hospital, our expert pediatric electrophysiologists offer diagnosis, advanced treatment and monitoring of heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias). Using the latest medicines and therapies, we strive to keep your child’s heart in rhythm so they can live a healthy life at their own pace.
Why Wolfson
Our arrhythmia clinic is staffed by highly skilled pediatric electrophysiologists that know just how little hearts work. Not only can they diagnose and treat your child’s arrhythmia, but they will talk to you about activities or medicines that should be avoided. Their expertise ensures that your child receives the right treatment for the best chance at an active and healthy childhood.
Wolfson Children’s Hospital’s pediatric catheterization lab is the first in the state and sixth in the nation to receive pediatric cardiovascular catheterization accreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). IAC's seal of accreditation speaks to the dedication and quality care that the catheterization team provides our patients day in and day out.
C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute
Wolfson Children’s Hospital provides pediatric cardiovascular services in collaboration with Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville.
Related Information
Diagnosis
If your child shows symptoms of a heart problem, expert pediatric cardiologists at Wolfson Children’s Hospital use advanced tests to uncover heart rhythm problems and determine the proper treatment to get your child’s heart back in beat.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Holter monitor
- Echocardiogram
- Electrophysiology testing
- Tilt table
- Exercise stress testing
- Microvolt T-wave alternans testing
Conditions We Treat
Based on the results of your child’s tests, our Terry Heart Institute pediatric cardiologists may diagnose one of many conditions that can cause arrhythmias. Some of the heart rhythm disorders we treat are:
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Bradycardia
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Long QT Syndrome (LQTS)
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)
Treatment
Depending on your child’s condition, the arrhythmia team uses advanced treatments, which can include:
- Medicine
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators
- Permanent pacemakers
- Cryotherapy
- High-resolution heart mapping
Quality and Outcomes
Sometimes catheters are used for diagnosis or treatment of heart rhythm disorders. Specialists in our Cardiac Lab use the most advanced technology to perform these minimally invasive procedures.
Cardiac Catheterizations in 2019
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Our highly skilled doctors, nurses and staff members are the heartbeat of Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Their passion and dedication sets us apart as leaders in pediatric heart care.
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We provide outstanding pediatric heart care at the Terry Heart Institute in Jacksonville and at satellite locations throughout North Florida and South Georgia, so help is never far from home.
Patient Stories
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Seizure uncovers genetic heart arrythmia
Seizure leads to 10-year-old’s rare Long QT Syndrome diagnosis.
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Fight of his life
Teen martial artist living a normal after being diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
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‘My heart is beating really fast’
Teen makes a full recovery after supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) diagnosis with an ablation procedure to correct her heart arrhythmia.
Read Sophia’s Story