Children’s Heart Clinic Visit
Whether you’re visiting for the first time at Oklahoma Children’s
Hospital Heart Center in Oklahoma City or you’re returning to see
the friendly, familiar health professionals who care for you or your child,
here’s how to prepare for your upcoming visit, test or procedure.
Request an Appointment
Request an appointment or referral to find out more about diagnostic tests
and clinic visits for children's heart care at Oklahoma Children's Hospital.
Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health Heart Center - Oklahoma City
(405) 271-5530
OU Health Physicians - Pediatric Cardiology - Tulsa
(918) 619-4400
What to Bring
You can help your clinic visit go as smoothly as possible when you bring
the following information with you to each appointment:
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Referring physician or practice name, address and contact information
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Copies of medical records from referring physicians except doctors from
other OU Health Physicians practices or doctors affiliated with Oklahoma
Children’s Hospital OU Health
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Your and your child’s personal health history, including developmental
milestones, chronic illnesses, surgeries, hospitalizations and medications
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Health history of family members, including medical or developmental concerns,
pregnancy losses, congenital abnormalities, age/cause of death and other
relevant information
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Current health insurance card(s); check with your insurance carrier for
details about your coverage or find out more about OU Health
insurance and billing
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Completed copy of the appropriate OU Health form
On Your Appointment Day
Take all regularly prescribed medications unless a member of the Oklahoma
Children’s Hospital Heart Center team instructs you otherwise.
Check the latest OU Health policies for COVID-19 precautions and in-person
visit requirements to find out if you may bring a family member, caregiver
or friend with you. If permitted, no more than two people at a time may
accompany the person being tested into any given clinic service area.
Arrive 15-20 minutes before your scheduled appointment time to allow for
parking, finding your way to the check-in location and completing the
check-in process at the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center
Clinic, Level 2, Station F of the OU Health Physicians - Pediatrics building.
Heart Center Map and Directions
What To Expect During a Diagnostic Visit
Plan for your clinic visit at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart
Center to take longer than your regular doctor’s appointment or
your visits to other medical specialists. The length of your appointment
depends on the number and types of services planned for you or that your
doctor adds while you’re here. On average, you can expect to spend
two to three hours with us.
You also can expect to take part in many clinical activities to help us
better understand your or your child’s specific situation. Your
doctor or specialist will want to know about your current health condition,
symptoms and medical history – and your doctor or specialist may
ask to meet with just you and/or you and your legal guardian to gather
private medical history information. You’ll also participate in
a comprehensive body systems review and a thorough physical examination
by a specialty provider.
Depending on what your provider finds, you or your child may get a referral for more
diagnostic testing to help your doctor develop a definitive diagnosis.
Once you finish the required tests, your specialty provider meets with
you to review results and finalize the personal treatment plan that fits
your or your child’s particular situation.
After You Leave
If you or your child need any additional testing or treatment, you’ll
get more information from your Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart
Center team. They work with you to coordinate upcoming appointments and
share the status of results that may take four to six weeks to return.
Shortly after your clinic visit, you and your child’s primary doctor
can expect a letter summarizing your in-person conversation and arranging
for follow-up visits to discuss your or your child’s diagnosis or
review recommendations for additional care and treatment.
Questions or concerns? Contact Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart
Center at
(405) 271-5530.
Your Child’s Heart & Vascular Care Team
During the time you and your child spend at 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 working 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:
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Performs
more than 450 complex cardiothoracic surgeries each year
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Uses the
latest advanced technologies, including minimally invasive procedures that help speed healing and recovery
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Brings together specialists from all departments to
coordinate and implement new and innovative treatments for children’s heart and vascular conditions
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Cares for the tiniest hearts through our extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO) program, a
nationally designated ECMO Center of Excellence
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Conducts
groundbreaking research on hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with nationally renowned colleagues from across the United States and brings
new methods for prevention, diagnosis and treatment to your care through participation in locally available clinical trials
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Teaches the physicians of tomorrow for the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, which also
gives you access to benchmark practice standards, innovative care and treatment
methods, advanced technology and world-class research
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Puts smiles on the faces of children and families during
more than 10,000 outpatient visits each year