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Pediatric Cardio Thoracic Surgeon
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla , Delhi, India40 Years of experience
Speaks: English
There are different kinds of cardio thoracic vascular conditions in children that Dr. Krishna S Iyer 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. It is the pediatrician who is usually your first point of contact who works in tandem with the pediatric CTVS surgeon to ensure that your child get the best treatment available. Ailments related to CTV in children may be because of many reasons but the most common ones 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.
10 am to 4 pm are the operating hours of the doctor from Monday through Friday whereas on Saturday and Sunday, the operating hours are 10 am to 1 pm. The results of these surgeries are ensured because of the skill and efficiency of the surgeons.
There are several types of procedures that pediatric CTVS entails, we have mentioned some of them here for your perusal:
Procedures that come under pediatric CTVS must be done with a high degree of precision as they are crucial and critical. A patient centric approach should be the focus when pediatric CTVS is performed in line with the best practices. Good multidisciplinary care is the need of the hour post pediatric CTVS for a smooth rehabilitation process to everyday life.
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Cardiothoracic vascular conditions in children are diagnosed and treated by a pediatric CTVS surgeon. The techniques being used by the doctors performing procedures in this specialty are now increasingly refined over the last few years despite its recent origins. 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. The pediatric CTVS have an excellent working relationship with different healthcare personnel and doctors from various other specialties such as pediatricians, cardiologists, oncologists and anaesthesiologists.
The many tests that are important before and during consultation for pediatric CTVS are as follows:
It is essential to complete the tests for pediatric CTVS related conditions prior to and during the procedures as they make the process more efficient and ensure better success rates. The doctor takes treatment related decisions while referring to the tests which therefore greatly impact the outcome of the procedure. While consulting with the patient, pediatric CTVS does a thorough check of the medical history, the physical exam, diagnostic tests are also undertaken.
The treatment from pediatric CTVS becomes essential if the health conditions are related to organs in thoracic cavity in the child. Please do not let the health condition linger in your child and seek treatment immediately or the situation could worsen. 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.