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Cardiologist
Manipal Hospitals Goa, Dona Paula , Panjim, India29 Years of experience
Speaks: English
Dr. Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay can definitely be referred for these cardiac conditions in children:
You must intervene immediately and get the required treatment for the heart condition your child is suffering from and not let it linger. In children, the heart conditions are of two kinds, ones related to the electrical system that make the heartbeat work and the others are structural issues in the heart which are present since birth. Congenital heart defects are the ones which the child is born with, it is a structural defect.
Please find here some of the many signs and symptoms referring to pediatric cardiac conditions:
Heart conditions in children are characterised with many symptoms and the most common among them are rapid breathing and rapid heartbeat. Further complications can arise because of congenital heart defects like:
When the symptoms in children start appearing early in it is a reflection on the severity of the defect whereas milder conditions mean symptoms can appear later part of childhood like teenage or early adulthood.
Though their role is to diagnose and treat heart conditions without surgery, pediatric cardiologists sometimes perform invasive surgeries. This doctor works from Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm.
Dr. Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay performs the following kinds of procedures.
Medical treatments and management of conditions in patients are also recommended by the doctor like:
It is heart (cardiothoracic) surgeon or congenital cardiac surgeon who perform the procedure with the doctor as a team.
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A pediatric cardiologist performs various roles such as evaluating medical history and bringing to the knowledge of the patient pointers for a healthy lifestyle and heart disease prevention recommendations. The vital signs of the patient, their blood pressure, weight and the health of their lungs, heart and blood vessels is also checked by the doctor during the physical examination. The doctor also interprets the imaging and laboratory test results, diagnoses and treats a number of heart and blood vessel related conditions. The doctor also makes sure to screen, monitor and treat related conditions which may lead on to become a serious adult disease and provides referrals of fellow pediatric specialists if needed.
There are many tests required before and during consultation for pediatric cardiologist such as
The tests can give direction to the treatment owing to the best result for the patient. Complications can be avoided as the reasons for the distress or ailment in the child can be detected in time.
Symptoms that are an indication of a heart condition should prompt a visit to a pediatric cardiologist. You can also be referred to the doctor from your primary care physician or can consult them if there are signs such as heart murmurs, palpitations or tachycardia which indicate fast heart beats. The presence of some distressing issues such as cyanosis, dizziness and fainting or the child has any genetic syndrome then heart condition cannot be ruled out. It is important to get regular checkups done incase there is a family history of particular cardiac conditions.