Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon ·
Primus Super Speciality Hospital , Delhi, India
15 Years of experience ·
Languages Spoken: Hindi , English
There are different kinds of cardio thoracic vascular conditions in children that Dr. Abhitab Saggar treats and we have listed some of them here for your perusal.
Congenital cardio thoracic vascular defects are the most common among children which essentially means they are born with these conditions. When you realise that your child has a CTV condition you check with your primary care pediatrician who will refer you to pediatric CTVS surgeon with whom they work closely with. The most common reasons for pediatric CTV conditions are:
There are many signs and symptoms of congenital CTV disease in children such as:
Symptoms that show fatigue and tiredness in your child even in less exertion means their is a possibility that they have a CTV condition. Heart palpitations and chest pains are also common symptoms that a child may have in case they have a CTV condition. As the connection between the symptoms and the CTV condition become clearer kindly make sure that you get in touch with the surgeon quickly.
The doctor operates from 10 am to 4 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Best results are ensured owing to the skill and efficiency with which the pediatric CTVS surgeries are performed.
Pediatric CTVS involves many kinds of popular procedures such as:
A high degree of precision is needed for pediatric CTVS procedures as they are extremely critical and crucial. A patient centric approach should be the focus when pediatric CTVS is performed in line with the best practices. When your child is done with pediatric CTVS procedure, it is important for him/her to get the best multidisciplinary care.
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The word pediatric refers to a doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions in children and CTVS refers to Cardiothoracic Vascular conditions. A specialty that has refined the procedure techniques over the last few decades, it is known to have a more recent history than several others. This specialty is concerned with conditions that are linked to life and death scenarios owing to which the technologies and techniques in this field have advanced rapidly. Intensive care personnel, technicians and doctors from specialties like oncologists, anaesthesiologists, cardiologists pediatricians have a symbiotic working relationship with pediatric CTVS.
We bring to you the names of the tests to be done before and during consultation with pediatric CTVS:
The whole process of pediatric CTVS procedures is more streamlined with minimum risk and maximum success rate if tests are simultaneously done before and during the consultation. The doctor takes treatment related decisions while referring to the tests which therefore greatly impact the outcome of the procedure. The patients’ liaison with the pediatric CTVS has to involve the medical history, the physical exam and diagnostic tests.
When your child has conditions of heart, lungs, pleural or mediastinal structures i.e., the organs that are present within the thoracic cavity then you must visit a pediatric CTVS. It is best to seek medical treatment without wasting time if you realise that your child has a health situation which needs tending to. The treatment process for every patient will be different as even though these procedures are usually extremely crucial still every case is different. The surgical procedures in this field have been fine tuned with time because of the research and its application in the field.
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Last Reviewed - June 2026
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