Dell Children’s Medical Center, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, is home to the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, which is the only comprehensive children’s heart center in Central Texas. The center provides advanced care for newborns, children, teens and adults with congenital heart disease. The pediatric and congenital cardiology program offers expert, family-centered care, including fetal cardiology services for expectant mothers whose babies are diagnosed with heart conditions. A multidisciplinary team of pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular specialists delivers personalized care plans that emphasize education, collaboration and long-term support for families. The program treats a wide range of conditions, from congenital heart disease and arrhythmias to hypertension, syncope and inherited heart conditions. Patients benefit from advanced diagnostic testing such as fetal echocardiography, cardiac MRI, exercise testing and comprehensive imaging. Dell Children’s also provides the full spectrum of therapies, including cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, heart surgery, ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation. The program is ranked No. 10 in pediatric heart care for 2025-26, according to U.S. News & World Report.
