Heart disease in children

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Types of heart diseases that occur in children congenital heart diseases; Atherosclerosis; Arrhythmias; Eisenmenger Syndrome; Kawasaki Disease; Heart Murmurs; Pericarditis; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Viral Infections


Congenital heart defects Congenital heart defects are heart’s structural defects from the time of birth This mostly affect the heart muscles and heart valves.


Treatments for congenital heart defects

• Surgery • Catheter procedures • Medications • Heart transplants (in severe cases)

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Arrhythmias This disease is due to the abnormal or irregular rhythm of heart


Symptoms for Arrhymias weakness, Fatigue, dizziness, fainting, difficulty feeding


Eisenmenger Syndrome

Symptoms for Eisenmenger Syndrome • Cyanosis • Pulmonary hypertension • Polycythaemia


Kawasaki Disease This disease inflammation in the blood vessels that pumps blood into hand, feet, lip, mouth and throat results a high fever and swelling in lymph nodes.

Heart Murmurs This defect is due to congenital heart defects

Pericarditis This disease is inflammation of sac or membrane that surrounds the heart


Viral Infections The respiratory illness or the flue can cause viral infections that may lead to heart diseases


Rheumatic Heart Disease The streptococcus bacterium causes rheumatic heart disease. This disease affects the myocardium of heart


Best heart surgeon

Contact - Dr. R. BENEDICT RAJ, M.B.B.S., M.S., M.Ch. (CVTS), F.P.C.S. Chief Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, HBS HOSPITAL, HBS-Frontier Heart and Lung Center, #58 Cockburn Road, Near Bamboo Bazaar, Shivajinagar Bangalore – 560051 Karnataka E-Mail: raj_benedict@yahoo.co.uk Mobile: + 91- 9845402968, 9645720903 doctorbenedict.com/


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