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91´óÉñ Children’s sports cardiologists work with student athletes to optimize health, fitness and performance. We check your child’s heart before playing a sport to detect issues that may lead to serious health risks. We also assess symptoms like chest pain, dizziness, palpitations and shortness of breath that may indicate a heart problem. And we monitor athletes who have heart disease and help them improve their play, safely.</p>\r\n<p>Our team is part of award-winning heart centers in <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/delaware-valley-pediatric-cardiac-center.html\">Delaware</a> and <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/florida-pediatric-cardiac-center.html\">Florida</a>. We work together with electrophysiologists, heart failure specialists, preventive cardiologists, cardiovascular genetics specialists, orthopedic sports medicine specialists, exercise physiologists, pulmonologists, rehabilitation therapists, and others to provide complete care.</p>\r\n<p>91´óÉñ is recognized and active in promoting heart health for kids. We partner with elite organizations to screen players in the communities we serve. We lobby for regional and national programs to protect kids, like bringing CPR education to schools, AED (automated external defibrillator) awareness and adding electrocardiography to sports screening.</p>\r\n<p>Playing sports is an important part of health and well-being for kids of all ages and abilities. We help them play safely and reach peak performance.&nbsp;</p>\r\n"}} id=text-f54b2bab10 class=cmp-text>

91´óÉñ Children’s sports cardiologists work with student athletes to optimize health, fitness and performance. We check your child’s heart before playing a sport to detect issues that may lead to serious health risks. We also assess symptoms like chest pain, dizziness, palpitations and shortness of breath that may indicate a heart problem. And we monitor athletes who have heart disease and help them improve their play, safely.

Our team is part of award-winning heart centers in Delaware and Florida. We work together with electrophysiologists, heart failure specialists, preventive cardiologists, cardiovascular genetics specialists, orthopedic sports medicine specialists, exercise physiologists, pulmonologists, rehabilitation therapists, and others to provide complete care.

91´óÉñ is recognized and active in promoting heart health for kids. We partner with elite organizations to screen players in the communities we serve. We lobby for regional and national programs to protect kids, like bringing CPR education to schools, AED (automated external defibrillator) awareness and adding electrocardiography to sports screening.

Playing sports is an important part of health and well-being for kids of all ages and abilities. We help them play safely and reach peak performance.Ìý

Our integrated team cares for student athletes who are just starting to play and seasoned athletes who want to up their game. We partner with coaches, athletic trainers, schools and youth programs to provide assessment, training and heart safety guidance.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Our goal is to keep kids healthy and performing at their best. We provide collaborative care up to age 18. Based on your child’s history and symptoms, we assess risk for heart problems and create a plan to keep your child in the game safely. We offer:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><b>Pre-participation heart screening and sports clearance</b> for athletes at risk for heart problems&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li><b>Advanced <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/diagnosticcardio.html\"><b>heart imaging</b></a> and diagnostic tests</b>, including electrocardiography (EKG), echocardiography (echo) or heart MRI to rule out conditions like cardiomyopathy&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiac-exercise-program.html\"><b>Exercise stress tests</b></a>, including cardiopulmonary and echo stress tests that assess heart and lung function during exercise on a stationary bike or treadmill</li>\r\n<li><b><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/electrophysiology-arrhythmia-program.html\"><b>Electrophysiology</b></a> (EP) studies</b> that use catheters, or small thin tubes to assess and treat abnormal heart rhythm</li>\r\n<li><b><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiovascular-genetics.html\"><b>Cardiovascular genetics</b></a> testing and counseling</b> to uncover genetic risk for heart disease</li>\r\n<li><b>Ongoing care management </b>from experts in <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/preventive-cardiology.html\">preventive cardiology</a>, <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/heart-failure-cardiomyopathy-program.html\">heart failure and cardiomyopathy</a> and others</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiac-exercise-program.html\"><b>Cardiac exercise</b></a><b> programs and training</b> designed just for athletes&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiac-rehabilitation-and-fitness.html\"><b>Cardiac rehabilitation and fitness</b>&nbsp;</a><b>programs</b> for kids with heart conditions or recovering from illness or injury&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li><b>Counseling and advice</b> on <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/nutrition.html\">nutrition</a>, <a href=\"https://author-p87452-e889967.adobeaemcloud.com/ui#/aem/sites.html/content/nemours/us/en/services/pediatric-sports-medicine\">sports injury prevention</a>, training, safe play and more</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n"}} id=text-95794be6ca class=cmp-text>

Our integrated team cares for student athletes who are just starting to play and seasoned athletes who want to up their game. We partner with coaches, athletic trainers, schools and youth programs to provide assessment, training and heart safety guidance.Ìý

Our goal is to keep kids healthy and performing at their best. We provide collaborative care up to age 18. Based on your child’s history and symptoms, we assess risk for heart problems and create a plan to keep your child in the game safely. We offer:

• Pre-participation heart screening and sports clearance for athletes at risk for heart problemsÌý
• Advanced heart imaging and diagnostic tests, including electrocardiography (EKG), echocardiography (echo) or heart MRI to rule out conditions like cardiomyopathyÌý
• Exercise stress tests, including cardiopulmonary and echo stress tests that assess heart and lung function during exercise on a stationary bike or treadmill
• Electrophysiology (EP) studies that use catheters, or small thin tubes to assess and treat abnormal heart rhythm
• Cardiovascular genetics testing and counseling to uncover genetic risk for heart disease
• Ongoing care management from experts in preventive cardiology, heart failure and cardiomyopathy and others
• Cardiac exercise programs and training designed just for athletesÌý
• Cardiac rehabilitation and fitnessÌýprograms for kids with heart conditions or recovering from illness or injuryÌý
• Counseling and advice on nutrition, , training, safe play and more