Cardiac Surgery - Paediatric

Cardiac Surgery at Narayana Health specializes in all streams of cardiac surgery and is world-renowned for dealing with complex heart problems.

Cardiac surgery in children is recommended to repair heart defects and for the child’s wellbeing in the long-term. Certain heart defects may demand immediate surgery after birth. In some cases, surgeries are performed months or even years after birth. The type and number of surgeries needed vary on the severity of the condition. Pediatric heart surgeons are trained to offer exclusive and comprehensive care to treat children and mend the defected heart.

Minimally invasive treatment procedures are considered for the patients initially. If they do not work out, the health care team is ready to proceed with more invasive methods to prevent infection and reduce risks. This period of time is very crucial for parents. Narayana’s team realizes the situation of the parents and communicates with them regularly to update the status of their child.

Why choose Narayana Institute of cardiac sciences?

World-class quality

Narayana health organization meets the international standards of treatment. The organization is designed to provide quality medical service and patient care.

Multispeciality expertise

The hospital has an expert team of cardiologists and surgeons who work compassionately together with supporting staff members to diagnose the disease and provide medical care.

Hospital infrastructure

Our hospital has a high-end infrastructure that provides all the facilities to the patients and makes them better and allows them to feel safer with the best possible medical care.

Recovery from Child Cardiac Surgery: What to expect?

Post-surgery, the child will be kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for a couple of days for observation. The patient will be sent home depending on the surgery performed and the condition of the infant/child post-surgery. 3-4 weeks is the estimated period for recovery at home. This can extend to 6-8 weeks in case of severe surgeries.

Here are some points to remember to offer the best support to your child post-surgery

- Prevent children from activities that may include pulling or pushing

- Ensure that the child doesn’t lift anything heavy

- Pay close attention to the child’s diet. Ensure essential intake of nutrients to heal faster

- Follow-up with the doctor before getting any immunizations post-surgery

- Take utmost care while giving prescribed medication and its dosage

- Rush your child to the doctor in case of following symptoms

Fever or nausea

Swelling or redness

Signs of infection near the wound

Shortness of breath

Bluish skin

Reduced appetite

Heart palpitations

Chest pain

We have with us renowned cardiac specialists who perform amongst the World's Largest Number of Heart Surgeries and Interventional Procedures. Innovative techniques and super - specialists give patients (adult and children including newborn) the advantage of superior therapies and preventive care for disorders of the heart and vascular system (blood vessels).

Narayana Health brings to the table an unparalleled children's heart health division in the country. Children from over 78 countries suffering from congenital heart problems have sought successful treatments from us which includes non-invasive diagnostics, cardiac catheterisations and cardiothoracic surgeries. We have indeed performed 40% of the heart surgeries on children and newborn with complex heart problems.

Expert doctors at Narayana Health have immense experience in valve repair and neonatal cardiac surgery.

Key procedures performed at Narayana health organization

We try to provide the utmost care to the patients by providing the best possible medical treatment to get a higher success rate. Some of the procedures we do are as follows

CABG

Coronary angiogram

LVAD implantation

Pediatric cardiac surgery

Coronary angioplasty

MICS

TAVR

Narayana health organization’s minimally invasive procedure sample is as follows

Collaterals embolization

Advanced complex surgeries

Balloon valvuloplasty

Stenting for coarctation

Ventricular septal defect

PDA

Key Highlights

Over 16 heart operations on children every day

Extensive experience in device closure for Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) and Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

Largest experience in surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot

80-bed Pediatric ICU – one of the largest in the world

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