<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css"> <script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <!------ Include the above in your HEAD tag ----------> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Natural heart Scars are a distortion in one or farther structures of the heart or blood vessels that occurs before a child is born, during the development of the fetus. This experimental defect can affect roughly 8 out of every 1000 children and stems from a variety of causes. While some expectant mothers will denounce their own conduct when this occurs, stewing the worst for their children, modern technology has brought us to a point where traditional treatments using medicine and <a href="https://www.abheartcare.com/blog/pediatric-heart-surgeon-in-chandigarh/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">pediatric cardiac surgery</a> are suitable to correct utmost heart scars.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Pediatric Heart Surgery - The Underlying Cause of Congenital Heart Defects</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In the maturity of cases, the cause for their natural heart disfigurement isn't directly or readily known. Through exploration still, <a href="https://www.abheartcare.com/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">pediatric specialists</a> have discovered a number of factors that can contribute to or are associated with an increased chance of a child developing a natural heart disfigurement. This includes:</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Genetic abnormalities or abnormalities in the chromosomes (e.g. - Down syndrome)</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Alcohol or recreational drug use/abuse during pregnancy</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Taking certain prescription medications during pregnancy</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Viral infections during the first trimester of pregnancy, such as rubella</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In cases where there is a family history of heart defects, a child has double the chance (16 in 1000) of being born with a defect that may require corrective <u>pediatric cardiac surgery</u> or some other form of treatment.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Defining Congenital Heart Defects</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">There are several defects that are detected and treated early on in infancy.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Heart Valve Defects</b> - Any one or more of the valves in the heart may malfunction through narrowing or stenosis. Also, complete closure of a valve that impeded/prevents blood flow can occur. Other heart defects include leaky valves that don't close. This reduces the pressure, forces the heart to work harder and allows blood to leak backwards as the chambers of the heart compress.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Patent Ductus Arteriosus</b> - This defect allows blood to bypass the lungs as it circulates, forcing unoxygenated blood back through the body. This starves the body of oxygen and as a result the heart must work harder to oxygenate the tissues of the body.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Transposition of Greater Vessels</b> - Blood from the left and the right side of the heart intermix because the arterial connections in the heart are incorrect.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Aortic Coarctation</b> - This is a pinched Aorta. The narrowing of the Aorta can increase pressure and reduce circulation through the body, creating a variety of symptoms including a failure to thrive. It may also be present with no symptoms.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - Diagnosing Congenital Heart Disease</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It's important to note that while congenital defects typically develop early on, they can be diagnosed before birth, after birth, throughout childhood later in life when the patient is an adult. For some adults, they live with a heart defect and present with no symptoms or issues. Depending on the patient, the assumed defect, the age of child and other factors, a number of tests can be ordered to check for and confirm a diagnosis. This includes:</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Echocardiogram</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Cardiac Catheterization</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Chest X-ray</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* Electrocardiogram</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">* MRI</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b>Pediatric Heart Surgery & Other Treatments for Congenital Heart Defects</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It's typical for congenital heart defects in children to require <b>pediatric cardiac surgery</b> or some kind of interventional procedure in order to repair the defect. To ensure the heart is able to recover and grow normally after birth, children are often treated with medication to help improve the function of the heart after surgical repairs are complete.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><a href="https://www.abheartcare.com/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Abheartcare</a></b> System employs more than 4,300 individual workers, with more than 900 physicians and over 3,000 nurses including specialists in <b><i>pediatric cardiac surgery</i></b>. The division of pediatric heart surgery at the <u>Abheartcare Center</u> ranks as one of the <u>largest pediatric cardiac surgery programs in Chandigarh and Mohali</u>. 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