Pediatric Cardiology

Paediatric Cardiology deals with heart conditions in babies (including unborn babies), children and adolescents. Structural, functional, and rhythm-related problems of the heart are dealt with by this Department.

Congenital heart defects – Heart defects present at birth are the most common in heart conditions in children.

Cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, anesthesiologists and other specialists work closely together to care for such patients.

A wide variety of pediatric cardiac surgical procedures have been done including operations on simple congenital lesions such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, coarctations of aorta and Tetralogy of Fallot corrections and more complex procedures such as Glenn and Fontan procedures and Sennings and arterial switches. Patients with atrial septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus are evaluated and assessed for closure by device thereby avoiding surgery.