A problem with your baby’s heart can overwhelm you. You want answers. You want an experienced infant heart care team to help you on this journey.
At UVA, we’re with you and your baby every step of the way. We offer the largest fetal heart program in Virginia. Our team boasts some of the most experienced specialists in the state.
Expert Care for Infant Heart Conditions
We provide a range of services. Our team includes:
- Maternal-fetal medicine
- Pediatric cardiology
- Neonatology
- Pediatric cardiovascular surgery
Advanced Treatment Options for Babies with Heart Defects
We care for all types of heart problems, including:
- Congenital heart defects
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Complex valve repairs
- Cardiac catheterization program, including interventional cath treatment of many defects
- Heart rhythm surgery
- Heart transplant
We care for patients in Charlottesville, Culpeper, Richmond, and Winchester.
Care & Support from the Start
If your baby has a heart problem, we’ll work with you and your doctor to plan your care and discuss your options.
Our care team guides you through all stages of your baby's care:
- Identifying conditions during pregnancy with fetal echo
- Providing immediate care after birth
- Continuing treatment and support as your baby grows and develops
- Home monitoring for babies with complex single ventricle defects
Conditions We Treat
- Absent pulmonary valve
- Anomalous coronary artery
- Aortic stenosis
- Atrioventricular canal defect
- Atrial septal defect (ASD)
- Pediatric cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the aorta (COA)
- Coronary artery fistula
- Double aortic arch
- Double-outlet right ventricle
- Ebstein's anomaly
- Fetal arrhythmias, including atrial flutter and supraventricular tachycardia
- Fetal cardiac dysfunction
- Heart block
- Heart murmurs
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
- Interrupted aortic arch
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Myocarditis
- Patent ductus arteriosis (PDA)
- Pericarditis
- Pulmonary atresia
- Pulmonary hypertension in babies (PPHN)
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Tetralogy of fallot (TOF)
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
- Transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
- Tricuspid atresia (TA)
- Truncus arteriosus
- Vascular ring
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Penn's Catheter Procedure Helped Her Heart
Penn's heart wasn't fully developed when she was born. But, a catheter procedure done at UVA helped open her right ventricle, allowing her heart to grow normally. Today, she doesn't need the two other heart surgeries she was scheduled for. View Penn's heart catheter transcript.
Heart Surgery for Infants
Our experts perform surgeries and procedures to treat infant heart problems, including:
- Aortic arch repair
- Arterial switch
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) repair
- Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt
- Cardiac catheterization
- Cardiopulmonary bypass
- Coarctation repair
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Fontan procedure for single ventricle anomalies
- Glenn procedure for tricuspid atresia
- Heart rhythm surgery
- Heart transplant
- Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) implantation
- PDA closure
- Tetralogy of fallot repair
- Valve repair/replacement
- Ventricular assist device (VAD)
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair