All day, every day, the amazing heart keeps blood pumping, keeps oxygen circulating, keeps your child alive, keeps you alive. You may take its presence for granted, but when its steady beat or other important function misses a step, everything in your and your child’s body and life can change in an instant.
That’s when you want expert heart care from skilled, experienced and compassionate pediatric cardiology professionals and cardiovascular specialists at OU Health who deliver exceptional heart and vascular care for children and adults.
And that’s when you want to choose child- and family-centered care from the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health in Oklahoma City or OU Health Physicians Pediatric Cardiology in Tulsa.
Request an appointment or referral to find out more about diagnostic tests and clinic visits for children's heart care at OU Health.
Children's Heart Center OU Health - Oklahoma CityWith access to more than 150 highly skilled physicians, surgeons, nurses and specialists in multiple complementary professional disciplines who focus on caring for the smallest hearts and the widest range of complex congenital conditions, you benefit from the most comprehensive methods available in Oklahoma. OU Health pediatric cardiology experts work to identify and correct an extensive array of heart conditions, including acquired heart disease, heart murmurs and arrhythmias in people of all ages.
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Through the forward-thinking approach to pediatric cardiovascular care and treatment at OU Health, you benefit from innovative technologies, progressive techniques, extensive research and developments from clinical trials that often make the most advanced options available to you and your child before they become widely available.
As a new patient at the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center, you or your child need a referral from your primary care doctor to one of our subspecialty providers. If you’re enrolled in a managed care insurance plan, you may need to supply authorization from your insurance carrier and your primary care physician to receive services from OU Health. You must send all referral and authorization forms to Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center before your appointment.
When you become an established clinic patient, your clinic staff team members will schedule any follow-up or return appointments during the check-out process of your current visit. They will contact you later to set up long-term follow-up appointments due in six months or more.
Learn what to expect during your child’s clinic visits.
During the time you and your child spend at the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center, you’ll work with a variety of talented, compassionate and highly trained experts – doctors, nurses and staff who provide specialized pediatric services to diagnose and treat your child’s specific condition.
Your child’s heart and vascular care team may include pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, pediatric critical care specialists and pediatric cardiac nurses, as well as child life specialists, social workers, therapists and healthcare professionals from many disciplines.
You benefit from collaborating with an experienced pediatric cardiovascular team that directly involves you and your family in treatment decisions, also pays close attention to your family’s nonmedical needs and:
Referring Physicians
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