Families looking to get the right care for their children born with heart problems have trusted KIMSHEALTH, Trivandrum Paediatric Cardiology for decades. Every year, doctors at the clinic assess and treat thousands of young patients dealing with congenital heart issues.

The paediatric and genetic cardiologists at KIMSHEALTH Trivandrum bring years of experience to treating children with conditions like supraventricular tachycardia, inherited long QT syndrome, and other heart defects.

Team Effort Designed to Meet Your Child's Unique Needs

Paediatric cardiologists at KIMSHEALTH in Trivandrum collaborate with various specialists to give your child the care they require. These cardiologists may work alongside paediatric cardiac surgeons, heart rhythm specialists (electrophysiologists), anesthesiologists, nurses, therapists, and other health professionals. Child Intensive care specialists may also be part of the team.

New Advancements in Care and Tools

At KIMSHEALTH, Trivandrum, specialists use advanced tools to detect heart problems in children. They rely on modern devices to support heart function. Over the past decade, better imaging software has revolutionised cardiac imaging. Advances in cardiac imaging tools can be seen in Echocardiography, real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac CT scans, and MRI. These new methods now allow doctors to treat a wider range of heart problems in kids leading to improved results like never before.

Your child might visit the Pediatric Electrophysiology Lab or the Center for Congenital Heart Disease. At these facilities doctors use advanced options like less invasive surgeries and endovascular therapies involving catheters.

Heart Transplant Program

KIMSHEALTH Trivandrum runs one of the leading heart transplant programs in India. The program supports both children and adults. When a child requires a heart transplant, a team of paediatric specialists from different areas creates a complete treatment plan designed to meet the child's unique needs.

Services

At KIMSHEALTH Trivandrum paediatric heart care covers everything from choosing the right medicine for a specific problem to managing intricate paediatric heart surgeries or transplants. They use a team-based approach involving multiple medical specialists to provide care.

Specialists at KIMSHEALTH, Trivandrum Paediatric Cardiology Division check for warning signs and treat various heart problems in kids and teens.

Signs and Symptoms

Our Paediatric Cardiology team looks into several signs like:

• Irregular heart murmurs
• Problems with heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
• fast heartbeat (tachycardia)
• Slow heart rate issues (bradycardia)
• Episodes of fainting (syncope)

Diseases and Conditions

Doctors in this division identify and treat all kinds of congenital heart defects in children like:

• Hole in the wall between the atria – Atrial Septal Defect
• Hole in the wall between the ventricles – Ventricular Septal Defect
• A problem with the atrioventricular canal – Atrioventricular Canal Defect
• Coarctation of Aorta
• Persistent duct between the aorta and pulmonary artery – PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus)
• Abnormal pulmonary venous connection to heart – PAPVC, TAPVC
• Unusual coronary arteries – ALCAPA
• Ebstein’s heart defect
• Underdeveloped left side of the heart – Hypoplastic Left Heart
• Issues with the mitral valve – Mitral Valve Abnormalities
• Narrowing of the pulmonary artery – Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
• Narrowing of the aortic valve – Aortic Stenosis
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Swapped positions of major arteries – Transposition of Great Arteries
• Missing or blocked tricuspid valve – Tricuspid Atresia
• Single blood vessel leaving the heart – Truncus Arteriosus
• Abnormal blood vessel ring – Vascular Ring

Heart Rhythm Problems (Arrhythmias)

• Atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter
• Long QT syndrome
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Heart Function Issues (Cardiomyopathies and Failure)

• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Myocarditis

Other Heart Conditions and Acquired Disorders

• Eisenmenger syndrome
• Kawasaki disease
• Pulmonary hypertension