Arrhythmia is any disturbance of the normal electrical activity of your heart, causing an irregular or abnormally fast or slow heartbeat. They’re common and often highly treatable or manageable.
Paediatric heart care
Our paediatric services care for conditions affecting the heart’s walls, valves and blood vessels. We perform complex operations to save the lives of premature babies and correct heart defects in infants and children.
About paediatric cardiology
Our paediatric cardiology services care for children with conditions affecting the heart’s walls, heart valves and blood vessels. We perform complex operations to save the lives of premature babies and correct heart defects in infants and children. Our paediatric cardiac specialists include some of the world's leading consultants in their field.
The Portland Hospital is the only independent hospital in the UK specialising in paediatric congenital heart treatments, while The Harley Street Clinic can offer highly-specialised, low-dose radiation scans for paediatric patients with congenital heart conditions.
Our aim is to create an environment where you and your child feel happy and relaxed, and where you can be confident that your child is receiving the very best medical care and attention. The Portland Hospital has a dedicated unit for the care of babies and children with heart disease, fully supported by advanced diagnostics, catheter and electrophysiology laboratories, operating theatres and a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
The Harley Street Clinic, London Bridge Hospital and The Wellington Hospital treat adults with congenital heart conditions, which means that we can offer paediatric patients seamless, integrated care as they progress from childhood into adulthood, receiving support throughout their lives from a team of experts familiar with their personal needs.
Some of the conditions we treat
Cardiac arrhythmia
Rheumatic fever
Inflammatory disease in children. If your child is experiencing rheumatic fever our rheumatology and cardiology experts can help to treat them.
Kawasaki disease
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. Kawasaki disease is named after Dr Tomisaku Kawasaki, a Japanese doctor who identified the condition in 1967.
Ebstein's anomaly
Rare heart defect. Our cardiology experts can help to treat you or your child if you or they have Ebstein's anomaly.
Patent foraman ovale closure
Repair of a hole in the heart. If you have a hole in the heart known as patent foramen ovale, our HCA UK cardiologists can treat you with closure surgery.
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
A heart condition which can cause a rapid heart rate. WPW syndrome is a congenital heart condition which causes the heart to suddenly beat abnormally fast.
Heart rhythm disorders in Children
Heart muscle and aorta disorders in Children
Single Ventricle Heart Defects in Children
Fetal cardiac conditions
Poor eating habits
Fatigue (tiredness)
Hyperlipidemia/High cholesterol in Children
Swelling in the abdomen or around the eyes
Rapid heartbeat
Hear from our patients
Joel’s heart surgery
Joel's parents thought he just had a cold. When it turned out he needed a serious operation, The Harley Street Clinic helped him make a full recovery.
Solving Alex’s undiagnosed heart condition
At the age of 12, dancer Alex Brookes began experiencing irregular heart palpations. After initially being told it was nothing to worry about, her symptoms persisted and her mum decided it was best to seek medical advice and chose The Portland Hospital.
Treating Helaina's heart rhythm disorder
Helaina from Northamptonshire was just 16 when she began experiencing unusual symptoms, including shortness of breath and heart palpitations, which rapidly worsened. She was otherwise fit, healthy and a huge lover of the great outdoors, leading to her family to grow concerned.
Treatment options
Electrophysiology studies (EPS)
Mapping the electrical activity of the heart to find the source of arrhythmia and determine the best treatment.
Anomalous pulmonary venous return
Atrial septal defect closure
Atrioventricular septal defect repair
Coarctation of the aorta repair
Complex biventricular repairs including Double outlet right ventricle repair and Rastelli procedure
Correction of Ebstein’s anomaly
Mitral valve repair or replacement
Paediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
PDA ligation
Pulmonary valvotomy
Staged approach for univentricular repairs including Glenn procedure and Fontan procedure
Surgery for pulmonary atresia, VSD (ventricular septal defect), MAPCA’s (major aortopulmonary collateral arteries)
Surgical correction of scimitar syndrome
Systemic to pulmonary artery shunts
Tetralogy of Fallot repair
Treatment of aortic valve stenosis
Ventricular septal defect closure
Our paediatric cardiology hospitals
The Portland Hospital
205-209 Great Portland Street W1W 5AH London
The Harley Street Clinic
35 Weymouth Street W1G 8BJ London
Get the best cardiac care with HCA UK
We provide exceptional specialist care in all areas of cardiology and cardiac surgery across our network of outpatient centres and hospitals. As the UK's No.1 provider of private cardiac care, our multidisciplinary teams have cared for thousands of patients, just like you.
If heart symptoms are affecting your quality of life, we’re here to help. Our heart team is available to book an appointment with a cardiac specialist.