Cardiology
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Focusing on ambulatory care, the cardiology elective features daily outpatient clinics and several busy field clinics. You will learn to
- evaluate children with murmurs, syncope, chest pain, and pediatric ECGs
- recognize and treat endocarditis, congestive heart failure, Kawasaki disease, and acute rheumatic fever
- recognize common pediatric arrhythmias
- develop an approach to cyanotic heart disease and operations associated with congenital heart disease