Best Hospital for Pediatric Cardiology in Mumbai, India
Heart disease in children is not that uncommon. One in 100 newborns is born with a heart defect. Not all are serious. But when serious, heart defects can be life-threatening, and often it is lifesaving to take treatment for them at the right time and place.
The oldest center in Maharashtra, our center boasts a well-rounded team supplemented by world-class infrastructure and multi-disciplinary round-the-clock support. We have conducted over 20 transplants and conduct over 500 surgeries every year.
The Fortis team that works for detecting and treating heart defects in children is specially trained. The physicians and surgeons have a background in pediatrics, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, anesthesia, or intensive care. The supporting staff includes specialized nurses, respiratory specialists, and physiotherapists.
Child Heart Hospital in Mumbai, India
The pediatric cardiac team is complemented by an environment that gives it complete access to round-the-clock available cutting-edge infrastructure.
The modern operation suites at Fortis Hospital Mulund have specially designed laminar airflow systems that allow surgery in a near-bacteria-free environment. In addition, the state-of-the-art monitoring equipment, lights, large operation-suite space, and heart-lung machines, all serve to enable surgery even among preterm babies with good results. An excellent blood bank service with the availability of fractionated blood components provides yet another key advantage.
The spacious dedicated 12-bedded pediatric cardiac ICU is also supported by laminar airflow systems and HEPA filters to ensure near-zero bacteria air-conditioning. The unit also has facilities for the management of pulmonary hypertension through Nitric Oxide ventilation and LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) for managing a failing heart. Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation for reversible respiratory failure is also available. Strict aseptic protocols and 1:1 nursing ensures optimal care and very low infection rates.
Fortis Mumbai - Best Hospital for Pediatric Heart Surgery in Mumbai, India
The best pediatric cardiac centers across the world are part of multi-disciplinary super-specialty hospitals like our center. This enables rapid access to an array of services for the patient who may have a multitude of issues cropping up during his or her care. These may include expert consultant needs, special imaging (CT or 3T MRI), rare blood tests, the emergency need for blood products, or a high-cost special heart supporting high-end machinery that is a viable option for a super specialty hospital only.
Very few centers are able to help at the next level of care as we do….. When all treatment options have been tried and failed… and a heart transplant is the only way forward. The Fortis heart transplant team is one of the most experienced in India.
Areas of Pediatric Cardiac Care
The centre looks after all patients with heart defects by birth, no matter what their age. So the patient may be a newborn baby or an adult, if he/she has a heart defect by birth, our team can help.
Further, if a patient less than 21years of age has any heart ailment, not just ones by birth, we can help as well.
Take a look at the lists below. These are all conditions which are our areas of expertise.
Heart Defects by Birth:
- Holes in the heart (ASD, VSD, AVSD)
- PDA
- Valve stenosis (AS, PS)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC)
- Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
- Single ventricle (Tricuspid atresia and others like it)
- ALCAPA
- Aortic arch anomalies (double aortic arch, vascular ring, sling)
- Aortopulmonary window
- Heterotaxy
- Cardiac tumors
- Many other defects in the heart that a baby can be born with.
Heart Disease in Children; other than birth defects:
- Cardiomyopathy (Dilated, Hypertrophic, Restrictive, Non-Compaction, Arrhythmogenic Ventricular Dysplasia)
- Infective Endocarditis
- Myocarditis
- Pericarditis
- SVT (arrhythmias)
- Complete Heart Block and other rhythm disturbances
- Systemic Hypertension
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Eisenmenger
- Hyperlipidemias in children
Range of Pediatric Cardiac Treatment at Fortis Hospital Mumbai, India
Treatment by Cardiac Catheterization:
- Device closure of certain kinds of ASDs, VSDs, PDAs, collaterals and extra vessels and fistulae.
- Balloon valvuloplasties for narrow (stenosed) valves like aortic and pulmonary valvuloplasty.
- Stenting of narrow vessels (coarctation, pulmonary artery)
- Stenting the PDA
- Balloon atrial septostomy for TGA
- EP study for RFA
- Pacemaker insertion
Treatment by Paediatric Cardiac Surgery:
- Patch closure of certain kinds of ASDs, most kinds of VSDs
- Ligation of large PDAs.
- Arterial Switch for TGA
- Double Switch for ccTGA
- Intracardiac Correction for TOF, TAPVC, CAVSD and all other suitable heart defects
- Aortic arch repair for interrupted aortic arch or arch hypoplasia
- Glenn and Fontan Surgeries for Single Ventricle spectrum
- Norwood surgery for HLHS
- Valve repair surgeries
- Ross surgery for defective aortic valves
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (ECMO, VAD)
- Paediatric Heart Transplantation
- Pacemaker insertion
Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai
Address: Mulund Goregaon Link Road, Mulund-West, Mumbai, 400078
Ph. 022 4925 4925
HIGHLIGHTS:
The parameters for measuring success of a pediatric cardiac centre can be judged by not only by the number of cases performed but also the complexity and the short- and long-term results. Our center has shown consistently rising numbers with a high complexity score and success rates at par with the best centres across the world. It is part of a Boston-based international surgical result surveillance program. Another trait of a successful pediatric cardiac centre is providing training through fellowship programs, organising CMEs, participating as faculty at meetings across the country, and having periodic scientific publications to their credit. Our centre has had success in all of these.
The use of cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions for complex heart defects is something that occurs on a regular basis here. One recent instance was that of a 3year old boy from Nigeria with a heart defect called double outlet right ventricle. The team used a virtual 3D heart model to understand the complete anatomy and plan the complete repair. In another instance, a one and half-year-old girl from Iraq with a major heart defect got a new life with the best surgical option given to her by the team. The second best option would have been the most preferred one at most centers around the world. The team pushed themselves and utilized all available resources to meticulously plan and carry out the best option.
