Cardiac Testing Center

The Cardiac Testing Center provides non-invasive diagnostic services for children and expectant mothers. With a goal of ensuring that all infants and children with heart disease have access to effective, compassionate, and innovative cardiac testing services, we provide echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal and fetal), electrocardiography (EKG or ECG), holter and multi-event EKG monitoring, pacemaker analysis and reprogramming.

In 1997 Children's Cardiac Testing Center became the first accredited (ICAEL) pediatric echocardiography laboratory in the nation. We remain one of the only facilities in California and the western states to be accredited in both pediatric and fetal echocardiography. The Center performs about 8,500 EKGs annually,  more than 10,000 Echos per year including 600 fetal Echos. We boast nine registered full-time sonographers, including one of only two sonographers – out of 52,000 in the U.S. – who have passed all ten ultrasound certifications.

Cardiac Testing is part of The Willson Heart Center and serves inpatients and outpatients from all over Central California and abroad. We also provide non-invasive technical support for cardiology practices located in Merced, Modesto and Visalia and we are an important part of the Children’s Hospital Central California Prenatal Diagnostic Center.

Services Offered

Expertise:

Using Echocardiography and Electrocardiography to perform comprehensive non-invasive diagnostic studies on children and fetuses referred with suspected or known, congenital, cardiovascular, and cardiopulmonary heart disease.

Diagnostic Methods:

• Echocardiography (with digital capabilities):
• Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Transesophageal Echocardiography, including intraoperative studies
• Fetal Echocardiography
• Holter and multi-event EKG monitoring
• Pacemaker analysis and reprogramming

Multidisciplinary Services:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery: Echocardiograms are performed in the operating room to confirm that repairs are successful.
• NICU: Evaluation of premature infants with cardiac conditions and guiding the critical care management of premature infant patients with cardiac conditions.
• PICU: Guiding the critical care management of patients with cardiac conditions.