Ascension By way of Christi Hospital in Pittsburg has added a pediatric echocardiogram program, making high quality diagnostic imaging providers extra accessible to households all through southeast Kansas.
A pediatric echocardiogram is an ultrasound picture used to guage the anatomical construction and performance of a kid or toddler.
“Over the previous couple of years now we have invested extensively in our imaging packages to carry new know-how and improvements to our group,” says Travis Battagler, director of the Coronary heart Middle and Imaging Operations.
“Now we have labored to develop our diagnostic cardiology echo program, together with our latest growth of that service line to Fort Scott,” he says.
Pediatric echocardiograms are being provided in Pittsburg, which is simply 30 miles down the highway from Fort Scott.
Having the ability to have an ultrasound of the guts carried out in a well-known setting is much less disturbing for kids and extra handy for his or her mother and father, which in the long run might assist to acknowledge life-threatening circumstances sooner.
“This is only one method we will higher serve our group and the encompassing areas now and in the long run,” says Tyler Matthews, lead echocardiography technologist.
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