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Heart Center

Dell Children's Medical Center is the only comprehensive children's heart center in Central Texas, and delivers leading care for children with heart conditions.

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Texas Center for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery at Dell Children's Medical Center is ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report 2023-24.When your baby has a fetal heart condition, you want the best care for your child. At Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children's Medical Center at Ascension Seton, our pediatric cardiologists diagnose and treat even the most complex fetal cardiac conditions. This is the only comprehensive children’s heart center in Central Texas. Our nationally recognized pediatric cardiovascular team delivers advanced specialty care, including heart surgery for the tiniest of patients. Our goal is to deliver advanced care to help improve your child's heart function.

Conditions we diagnose and treat

The Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, housed at Dell Children’s Medical Center, diagnoses, treats, and manages the care of children and adults with heart diseases and defects. Led by Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Charles Fraser, Jr., MD, who has been part of some of the finest institutions in medicine (including the children’s heart program ranked number one in America by U.S. News and World Report), our team provides a multifaceted continuum of care, coordinating patient care with referring physicians and other care team members to ensure patients receive the highest level of specialized care and experience a seamless transition to adult congenital cardiac care. Conditions treated include: 
  • Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) (e.g., anomalous coronary artery (ACA), anomalous left coronary artery, anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA))
  • Aortic stenosis (AS)
  • Arrhythmias
  • Atrial septal defect with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (ASD With PAPVR) (anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) and atrial septal defect (ASD))
  • Atrioventricular canal defect (CAVC)
  • Cardiac tumors
  • Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) and hypoplastic aortic arch
  • Complete heart block
  • Double outlet right ventricle (DORV)
  • Ebstein’s anomaly
  • Ectopia cordis
  • Heart failure (e.g., dilated cardiomyopathy, fontan failure, heart muscle problems, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, fontan failure, myocarditis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and other forms of heart failure)
  • Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS)
  • Interrupted aortic arch (IAA)
  • Kawasaki disease
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Mitral valve regurgitation (insufficiency)
  • Mitral valve stenosis (MS)
  • Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
  • Pericardial effusion
  • Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect (PA with VSD)
  • Pulmonary stenosis
  • Pulmonary vein stenosis
  • Single ventricle defects (e.g., aortic artesia, double inlet left ventricle (DILV), heterotaxy syndrome: right and left atrial isomerism, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), mitral valve stresia, pulmonary atresia and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA with IVS), tricuspid atresia, unbalanced complete atrioventricular canal defect, and other complex conditions that cannot be converted to a 2-ventricle circulation)
  • Subvalvular aortic stenosis (subaortic stenosis)
  • Tetralogy of fallot (ToF)
  • Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
  • Transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
  • Truncus arteriosus
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
  • Other forms of complex congenital heart disease

Pediatric heart care backed by research

The Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children's Medical Center is a collaboration between Dell Children’s Medical Center at Ascension Seton and UT Health Austin, the clinical practice of Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Patient outcomes

The Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease clinicians diagnose and treat even the most rare and complex heart conditions. View our 2023 Outcomes Annual Report for a review of the outcomes, program growth and patient stories over the last year.

Frequently asked questions

  • How does the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease approach patient care? 
  • What makes the care and treatment provided by the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease unique?
  • Who will be part of my child's care?
  • What types of services are provided? 
  • What can I expect during my child's first appointment?
  • What can I expect during a preoperative appointment?
  • Are there any resources available to patients and their families?

Every heartbeat matters

Dell Children's Medical Center is the only comprehensive children's heart center in Central Texas, and delivers leading care for children with heart conditions.

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What sets us apart

Central Texas leader

Our center is the only pediatric program in Central Texas offering comprehensive heart care for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents.

Medical firsts

In 2019, our team successfully implanted the first mechanical heart device in a pediatric patient in Central Texas.

Among the nation's best

Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery at Dell Children's Medical Center is ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report 2023-24.