Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

Cardiology - Research

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.


Cardiology Research

Members of the Pediatric Cardiology Division are involved in clinical and basic research. Areas of investigation include:

1. Feasibility, safety and efficacy of device occlusion of congenital and acquired defects in the cardiovascular system (atrial septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defects, and abnormal vascular connections).

2. Long-term results of balloon angioplasty and valvuloplasty of obstructive lesions of the cardiovascular system (aortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, coarctation of the aorta and others)

3. Feasibility, safety and efficacy of stent therapy for vascular obstructive lesions (branch pulmonary artery stenosis, coarctation of the aorta and other vascular stenoses).

4.  Evaluation of cardiovascular end-organ damage in children with hypertension.

5. Prevalence of undiagnosed congenital cardiac defects in older children.

6. Evaluation of cardiac function with new modalities of echocardiography.

7. Determination of genetics of childhood onset of essential hypertension.

8. Gene screening for mutations in dilated cardiomyopathy