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Cardiac catheterization in children is a minimally invasive and generally safe procedure performed...

Air travel is generally safe for children with stable heart conditions, but pre-flight clearance...

Children's vaccines are safe and strongly recommended for children with congenital heart disease....

Yes, pulse oximetry screening is strongly recommended for all newborns, ideally after 24 hours of...

Cardiac catheterization in children is a minimally invasive and generally safe procedure performed...

Congenital heart defects can often be suspected during a routine mid-trimester ultrasound between...

A diet for children with pulmonary hypertension should focus on low-sodium, nutrient-dense whole...

A diet for children with pulmonary hypertension should focus on low-sodium, nutrient-dense whole...

Yes, Most women with congenital heart disease can safely have children but pregnancy carries real...

Around 240,000 babies are born with congenital heart disease in India every year, roughly one in...

The Potts shunt is a surgically or catheter-created connection between the left pulmonary artery...

A child’s open-heart surgery usually takes about 3 to 6 hours, although more complex procedures...

Most children go home within one to two days of VSD device closure and return to normal activity...

Ask everything. Before the surgery date is the only time every question has a calm, considered...

Preparation starts weeks before the surgery date not the night before. The surgical team needs...

Yes. Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY covers several congenital heart surgeries including VSD closure, ASD...

In Mumbai's private tertiary hospitals, children's open heart surgery costs roughly between Rs 3...

Device closure in India in 2026 costs roughly between Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 3.5 lakh depending on the...

A pediatric cardiologist diagnoses heart conditions, manages them with medications and performs...

No, not even close. Pulmonary stenosis is a structural problem where the pulmonary valve is...

Neither is universally better. Device closure is less invasive, faster recovery, no chest opening,...

Yes and the number is higher than most families expect. Around 40 to 50 percent of children born...

Rheumatic heart disease is permanent valve damage caused by rheumatic fever, itself triggered by...

Yes. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes and...

Kawasaki disease causes inflammation of blood vessels, primarily the coronary arteries that supply...

Yes. But normally looks different for each person and pretending otherwise doesn't help anyone....

Yes. Most adults who had complete TOF repair in childhood go on to live full, active lives with...

The earliest sign of Tetralogy of Fallot in babies is a bluish tint around the lips and fingertips...

Adults with VSD most commonly experience breathlessness during exertion, fatigue that doesn't...

Most children go home within 24 to 48 hours after balloon valvuloplasty and are back to normal...

Dr. Prashant Bobhate is the pediatric heart specialist at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital...

Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart condition made up of four specific structural defects...

Yes. A fetal echocardiogram is completely safe for both the baby and the mother. It uses standard...

Congenital heart disease can be hereditary but it isn't always. Some types carry a clear genetic...

A fetal echocardiogram can detect structural heart defects, abnormal blood flow patterns, valve...

A fetal echocardiogram is generally recommended between 18 and 24 weeks of pregnancy. That's when...

Not one drug. Never just one. Pulmonary hypertension medication works across multiple pathways...

Not one thing. That's the first thing to understand. Arrhythmia in children covers a whole family...

The signs most parents miss are the quiet ones. Bluish skin around the lips, a baby who tires...

Nobody knows. That's the real answer. Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension means the lung arteries...

Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty opens a narrowed pulmonary valve using a thin catheter guided...

Fetal echo is the most detailed cardiac scan available before birth and detects the majority of...

PDA stands for Patent Ductus Arteriosus, a blood vessel that connects the aorta and pulmonary...

Yes. Small VSDs close on their own in a significant number of children, often within the first two...

Yes. Small VSDs close on their own in a significant number of children, often within the first two...

It depends entirely on the size of the hole and what it's actually doing inside your baby's heart...

ASD closure in children carries a success rate of over 95 percent in experienced centres. Device...

Many children with heart disease can play sports. Not all of them. But far more than most parents...

There are five classified groups of pulmonary hypertension and each one has a different cause, a...

Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. It depends entirely on what's driving the pressure up in the first...