Children’s cardiology

We are the second largest centre for children born with a single ventricle and have the third largest children’s cardiac surgical programme in England. We are proud to have carried out the world’s first MRI-guided children’s heart valve procedure.

We care for around 6,000 patients each year and carry out around 500 surgeries on congenital heart disease each year and see 500 patients in our catheter laboratory.

Our highly acclaimed consultants are experts in their field and we are pioneering new techniques using imaging to diagnose congenital heart defects and catheter interventions to treat them.

Our heart service cares for children from before they are born through to childhood and into adulthood and deals with diagnosing and treating all kinds of children’s heart problems, including:

• those present from birth, known as congenital heart disease (common and rare types)
• those that develop after birth, known as acquired heart disease such as infections of the heart and valves
• rhythm disturbances.

Please contact our private patients team to find out more:

T: +44 (0) 20 7188 5197
E: privatepatientenquiries@gstt.nhs.uk