Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology

The field of pediatric cardiology is responsible for cardiac health in children. The pediatric cardiologist treats congenital malformations (whether structural or genetic), cardiomyopathy and conduction disorders, as well as acquired heart disease such as Kawasaki disease, myocarditis, etc.

The incidence of congenital heart defects, of various levels of severity, is approximately 8-10 per 1,000 births, to which a number of other abnormalities of much higher incidence is added (bicuspid aortic valve, PFO, etc.).

In most cases, children are brought for diagnosis as a result of heart murmurs. Murmurs are a symptom, a kind of noise that can be heard in the heart area of the chest that may indicate the presence of a heart defect.

In 80% of children, we can hear a heart murmur at some time during childhood, but this does not necessarily indicate a cardiac problem. In many cases, however, the findings will require further investigation.

Dr. Dan Hadas is a pediatric cardiology specialist. He completed his internship at Schneider Children’s Medical Center, and internship in electrophysiology at Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova (University of Padua).

The clinic under his management diagnoses, treats and manages pediatric cardiology cases.

• Director of Pediatric Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
• Specialist in pediatric electrophysiology
• Director of the field of arrhythmias in children
• Pediatric cardiology forum moderator at DOCTORS.CO.IL