Novant Health Pediatric Cardiology- Ardmore

11/14/2025

11/07/2025

What is a Stress Test?

💛 A stress test is done to see how well your heart functions under physical strain
💛 Small sensors (aka electrodes) are placed on your chest to measure your heart’s electrical activity (aka EKG)
💛 You’ll wear a blood pressure cuff on your arm
💛 A resting blood pressure and EKG will be obtained before starting to exercise and then all throughout the treadmill stress test
💛 You will start by walking on a treadmill that will pick up speed over time
💛 Reasons for getting a stress test include but are not limited to:
- Diagnosing arrhythmias & coronary artery disease
- Checking treatment effectiveness
- Assessing heart health before surgery
- Determining exercise limits
- Investigating symptoms

*This test is only performed at the provider’s discretion*

11/05/2025

Did you know? Our clinic is an accredited facility in echocardiography! 💛 Our techs and providers strive to provide the best quality care for you and your child!

10/31/2025

🧡 Happy Halloween from our PAC-MAN crew! 🧡

10/23/2025

In continuation of Dysautonomia Month, here is some helpful information to helpful information to make you more aware.

🔹 Due to the malfunctioning of the autonomic nervous system in people with dysautonomia, symptoms can include tachycardia (a heart rate that is too fast), bradycardia (a heart rate that is too slow), poor blood flow to the heart, brain and other organs, chest pains, lightheadedness, fainting, nausea, a gastrointestinal tract that moves too fast or too slow, blood pooling in the extremities, shaking, too much or too little sweating, cognitive impairments (“brain fog”), headaches, and much more.

🔹 Some, but not all, dysautonomia symptoms can be minimized by laying the patient down. This helps restore normal blood flow to the brain and chest area. This is why it can be so difficult for dysautonomia patients to stand sometimes.
Some dysautonomia patients will get better over time, by either learning to manage their symptoms better, or by actually recovering from the illness. However, some remain sick with dysautonomia indefinitely, and some progressively get worse.

🔹 Many dysautonomia patients experience years of diagnostic delay and have difficulty finding physicians to treat their dysautonomia once they are diagnosed, because most doctors have not received training on how to diagnose and treat autonomic nervous system disorders.

10/19/2025

Congratulations on 27 YEARS of providing exceptional patient care, Angie! We are so thankful that almost 3 of those years have been spent with Pediatric Cardiology! Thank you for all that you do! 💜

10/16/2025

💜💙 Happy Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month to our wonderful echo techs! We are so thankful for you and all that you do for our patients. It's more than just a picture!

Pictured are Rebecca and Rachel, our techs that you will see on a normal basis, and Nikki who you may see from time to time to help provide support! Emily, who is not pictured, also helps from time to time! Thank you for all you do! 💜💙