Department of Pediatric Cardiology (302963)

About the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Samitivej Hospital Bangkok

The Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the Samitivej Hospital Bangkok offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for young patients with diseases of the cardiovascular system. The Chief Physician of the department is Prof. Dr. med. Jarupim Soongswang.

Medical care is provided both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The department has advanced equipment for early detection of the slightest deviations in heart functioning. The pediatric cardiologists also have a perfect command of the catheter-assisted interventions for the correction of heart defects, which in many cases help to avoid classical open surgery.

The department's clinical focuses include:

• Diagnostics and treatment of congenital heart diseases
• Diagnostics and treatment of arrhythmia
• Diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis
• Diagnostics and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Diagnostics and treatment of pericardial diseases
• Diagnostics and treatment of heart valve diseases
• Diagnostics and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Diagnostics and treatment of rheumatic heart lesions
• Diagnostics and treatment of Kawasaki disease
• Other medical services