HEART FAILURE

HEART FAILURE

The term ‘heart failure’ describes a situation when the heart is not functioning properly. Like adults, heart failure can also occur newborns, infants, toddlers and teenagers but for the reasons very different from those that cause heart failure in adults. It can also occur in newborns, infants, toddlers and teenagers for other reasons. Since heart failure has different causes and outcomes, it's important to recognize how it's diagnosed, treated and even cured in younger children. Heart failure in children occurs mainly because of the these reasons:

• Over circulation Failure: This defect occurs when blood mixes inside the heart due to a congenital heart defect.
• Pump Failure: Pump Failure occurs when the heart muscle becomes damaged and no longer contracts normally.

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CHRONIC HEART FAILURE - FORTIS HEALTHCARE

CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

Malar Hospitals has been serving with dedication for the last 16 years. Escorts Heart Institute in Malar Hospitals would focus on preventing heart ailments, including access to quality care and would also have the capability to tackle acute coronary diseases including heart attacks, valve function disorders, blockages in arteries, Chronic heart failure and all other congenital heart diseases.
In particular, the Escorts Heart Institute would also have the capability to provide high end cardiac care in very deserving children and newborn, who unfortunately need immediate super specialized worldclass care.

Dr.K.R.Balakrishnan -Director ,Cardiac Science would Head the department with seven leading cardiologist’s in his team.

Centres of Excellence

• Cardio Thoracic Surgeries
• Complete Neonatal & Paediatric Surgeries
• Minimally Invasive Surgeries
• Interventional Cardiology
• Non Invasive Cardiology
• Paediatric Cardiology
• Primary Angioplasty
• ERCP Studies
• Highly Skilled Cardiac Nursing Care
• World Class Super Speciality Cardiac Care
• 24 Hours Cardiac Ambulance Services
• 24 Hours Acute Coronary Care

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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN INDIA - FORTIS HEALTHCARE

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN INDIA

Echocardiography is also referred to as cardiac ultrasound. This test is performed by a specially trained technician.

The test also can discover areas of heart muscle that aren’t contracting normally due to pitiful blood flow. Echocardiography is known as Doppler ultrasound its show how well blood flows through the chambers and valves of your heart. Echocardiography can find possible blood clots inside the heart, fluid buildup in the sac around the heart and problems with the aorta.

The echocardiogram uses high-frequency sound waves to get an image of your four heart chambers and the four heart valves. The sound waves bounce back from the heart chambers and valves, which producing images and sounds that can be used by the doctor to detect damage and disease.

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HEART FAILURE - FORTIS HEALTHCARE

HEART FAILURE

Heart failure refers to the heart failing to pump efficiently. There are many diseases that cause this including cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, viral infections, alcohol, and diseases affecting the valves of the heart.

When the heart is inefficient a number of symptoms occur depending on the cause and severity. of the condition.

The main symptoms are tiredness, breathlessness on exertion or lying flat, and ankle swelling. Doctors often refer to oedema, which means fluid retention usually in feet or lungs as a result of the heart not pumping efficiently.

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CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) involves sewing one end an artery or vein above a blocked coronary artery and the other end below the blockage, thereby allowing blood an alternative means to get to the heart. The arteries or veins used for the bypass (which are known as "grafts") are usually obtained from the leg or the chest wall.

Bypass surgery may not be possible if the coronary artery is heavily calcified or if the disease is very widespread. CABG can be done with or without connecting the patient to heart-lung machine, depending on the kind of blockages and surgeon's decision. Several new surgical approaches are being developed, which can potentially reduce the discomfort and complications associated with traditional bypass surgery.

These are collectively referred to as being "minimally invasive." In general, these approaches focus on performing bypass surgery though a very small chest incision and performing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating (ie, without the need for a heart/lung bypass machine).

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Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) - An Overview

VSDs - are a "hole" in the wall between the two lower chambers of the heart - the ventricles. This hole may be small, medium-sized or large, and may be single or multiple. The defect may occur in different parts of the muscular wall between the lower heart chambers, and may sometimes be found along with other heart defects.

The muscular wall between the lower heart chambers is meant to separate blood passing through each (i.e. "ventricle"). This separation prevents unhealthy mixing of blue blood from the veins with red, oxygen-rich blood going to the arteries. When the muscular wall (i.e. septum) is incomplete or "broken", mixing occurs. In most situations, this leads to red blood passing across the defect and mixing with the blue blood on the right side of the heart. This is called a left-to-right-shunt and leads to abnormally high blood flow into the lungs. Just as in atrial septal defects (ASD), this causes frequent "chest colds" and breathing difficulty in children. When the VSD is large in a very small child, lung blood flow may be so enormous that the tiny ventricles cannot pump such a volume. This causes congestive heart failure. Heart failure in a child produces fast shallow breathing, excessive sweating, inability to feed well, irritability, constant crying, and a failure to grow at a normal pace.

One effect seen in VSD - but not in ASD - is the rapid development of changes in the blood vessels of the lungs. These arteries and veins become thick walled and hard early in life. The reason for this is perhaps because blood from the left ventricle, which is the most powerful chamber of the heart, is pumped under high pressure across the VSD into the lungs. To withstand such force, the tiny branches of the pulmonary artery become thickened and obstructive. This condition is known as Pulmonary Hypertension or Pulmonary Vascular Obstructive Disease (PVOD). The consequences of leaving a large VSD open is the eventual development of PVOD which may render the patient inoperable at some point in life.

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Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery

Fortis Hospital is fully equipped and manned by trained surgeons to deliver best surgical results to both Adult and Paediatric Cardiac Patients. This is the largest Cardiac and Heart Surgery Hospital setup in India which offers total cardiac care under one roof.

All patients can be treated for their cardiac and heart ailments as the centre is one of the best equipped Heart Surgery Hospitals in India with high-precision gadgets in the operation theatres.The surgeries done in Cardiac Surgery is from New Born to Geriatric age group.

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