The Topolewski Pediatric Heart Valve Center offers comprehensive, expert care and a commitment to ongoing innovation that is redefining possibilities in the field of pediatric valve repair and replacement. Our Center is part of CHOP’s internationally renowned Cardiac Center, which leads the world in pediatric heart surgery, interventional cardiology and long-term follow-up, with outcomes among the best in the world. Our Cardiac Center team are world leaders in the treatment of pediatric heart conditions. We are proud to be ranked one of the top pediatric cardiology programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek. Our cardiologists have advanced training and experience in caring for children and adolescents with all types of cardiac disorders.

We have been designated as a CHOP Frontier Program. Frontier Programs are trailblazing initiatives that will forge important new discoveries, deliver novel therapies and redefine the future of pediatric medicine.

We offer:

Expertise

The Topolewski Pediatric Heart Valve Center offers your child unmatched medical and scientific expertise. Our surgical team is a world leader in pediatric valve repair and replacement for even the most complex valve disorders. Our interventional cardiologists are leaders and innovators in the area of cardiac catheterization. They've published extensively about new procedures, new devices and new options for existing devices, and are often the first to study and use cutting-edge new technologies. Our echocardiography lab is one of the largest pediatric imaging labs in the country, with over 30,000 echocardiograms performed each year and a staff of 22 physicians who specialize in state-of-the-art imaging techniques. This advanced imaging allows our surgical team to customize both surgical and catheter-based treatments to provide the best pediatric heart valve care for your child.

Innovation

Our surgical team seamlessly combines care with visionary research that is fueled by the most advanced technology in the world. From 3D heart modeling to our Cardiac Center's Virtual Reality Suite for Perioperative Planning, which uses interactive visualization to plan for and simulate surgery, we are breaking new ground and developing customized, patient-specific treatments.

Research

In addition to rapidly developing technology and personalized surgical approaches, our research is focused on identifying the genetic risk factors associated with valve disease. We hope these ongoing efforts will lead to the discovery of a first-of-its-kind pharmaceutical treatment with the potential to slow the progression of pediatric valve disease.