Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon ·
Fortis Hiranandani Hospital , Mumbai, India
25 Years of experience ·
Languages Spoken: Hindi , English
Children can have many kinds of cardio thoracic vascular conditions which are treated by Dr. Vijay Agarwal and we have outlined some of them here for your convenience.
Children are usually born with their cardio thoracic vascular issues and these conditions are known as congenital defects. The pediatric CTVS surgeon works as a team with the primary care pediatrician to treat children for their CTV conditions. 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:
Your child can have a CTV condition if he/she has shortness of breath and fatigue quite often and even less exertion wears them out. Heart palpitations and chest pains are also common symptoms that a child may have in case they have a CTV condition. It is in the interest of the patient's health that you act quickly when you see the symptoms of any kind of CTV defect or condition in your child.
The operating hours of the doctor are from 10 am to 4 pm from Monday to Friday and 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday and Sunday. The surgeons who perform pediatric CTVS surgeries are adept and exceptionally skilled and ensure the best results.
Pediatric CTVS involves many kinds of popular procedures such as:
Extremely critical and crucial, pediatric CTVS procedures should be done with a high degree of precision. The best practices in pediatric CTVS should be applied with a focus on patient centric approach. A seamless rehabilitation process is required for a child who has had a pediatric CTVS procedure and this can be achieved through multidisciplinary care.
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A doctor who is responsible for diagnosing and treating Cardiothoracic Vascular conditions in children is 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. It is the critical nature of the operations that are done as pediatric CTVS which have are a major reason for the fast paced developments in this field. 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.
There are many tests required before and during consultation for pediatric CTVS such as
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 decisions being taken by the doctor in relation to the procedure are also dependent on the tests and this links them intricately to the treatment and its outcomes.e. The physical exam, diagnostic tests and the medical history form the a foundation basis which the pediatric CTVS performs the medical treatment of the patient.
It is important for you to visit pediatric CTVS if your child has conditions related to organs of thoracic cavity or heart, lungs, pleural or mediastinal structures. When faced with a health situation, it is best to not wait for the situation to worsen and to seek medical treatment right away. The treatment plan designed by the pediatric CTVS for each child is customised owing to the differences in the health condition and other parameters for each patient. A lot of progress has been made in this specialty which is a result of the extensive research pushed by the life necessities that these conditions have.
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Last Reviewed - June 2026
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