The procedure sheets, like the one pictured, have been designed to help parents and guardians and their children better understand the cardiology test that has been scheduled by a physician.
Select a procedure to learn more:
- Echocardiogram (ECHO) – An echo is a moving picture of your child’s heart in action.
- Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) – An EKG is a quick and easy way to measure the beats of the heart.
- Electrophysiology Study and Ablation – An electrophysiology or EP study is a special type of heart cath that checks the electrical conduction system of the heart.
- Exercise (Stress) Test – An exercise test is the best way for doctors to get an idea of how well your child’s heart works at, and adjusts to, different levels of activity.
- Heart Biopsy – A heart biopsy is a test to see if there are any abnormalities in the muscle tissue of the heart.
- Heart Catheterization – A heart catheterization or “heart cath” is a minimally invasive procedure which uses thin, flexible tubes called “catheters” to look at and get information about the heart from the inside.
- Holter Monitoring – A Holter monitor is a small machine that makes a continuous recording of your child’s electrocardiogram (EKG) for 24 hours.
- Interventional Heart Catheterization – An interventional heart catheterization is the treatment or repair of a heart condition during a heart catheterization, through the use of special devices.
- Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) – A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is an important type of echocardiogram that uses “ultrasound” or high-frequency sound waves that echo or “bounce” off the heart to create pictures of the beating heart on a television screen.
