Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Amrita Hospital, Kochi is one of the well-known centres of excellence in the country. India's first and only dedicated CHD-CMRI program, established in 2010. The program has to its credit more than 14,000 congenital heart surgeries successfully performed. An average of 2-4 operations are performed for children with congenital heart disease every day, the overall survival rate matching the best in the world. With a dedicated team of doctors, we cater to the needs of patients from all over the country and abroad. We aim to create comprehensive paediatric heart care affordable and accessible to everyone. Maintaining the highest international standards. Contextually relevant research and training manpower for the future.


 

• Comprehensive multidisciplinary approach, the services integrate the services of other pediatric sub-specialists wherever required, e.g. pediatric cardiologist, neonatologist, electrophysiologist, geneticist, neurologist, nephrologist, gastroenterologist, plastic surgery and so on, all under one roof. 
• Comprehensive fetal heart programme with antenatal diagnosis, in house delivery and expedient surgical care. 
• State of the art, multidisciplinary post-operative care with involvement of clinical pharmacist, infection control team, specialist nursing, nutritionists and respiratory therapists. 
• Medical Social workers and patient educators provide support to patient families, helping them cope with the diagnosis of heart ailments and also actively help them in organising resources for treatment. 
• Translators available round the clock to help out-Station and international patients during the treatment period, including arranging stay, specific food and other such support. 
• State of the art cardiac imaging technology and a dedicated team of experts for highly advanced cardiac imaging aid in decision making for complex congenital heart surgeries.

•  1.5 Tesla GE, 3.0 Tesla GE and 3.0 Tesla Siemen's MRI scanners are used for cardiac imaging. 
• 256-slice advanced CT is used for scanning the cardiovascular system. 
• Nuclear Medicine scans include myocardial perfusion and viability assessments and lung-perfusion studies.
• 3D- reconstructions, 3D modelling and virtual reality reconstructions to aid in complex congenital heart surgeries. 
• Virtual reality cath meetings to delineate treatment options for complex congenital heart surgeries. 
• Dedicated non- cardiac ECMO team for fast and safe delivery of ECMO care for non- cardiac diseases like viral myocarditis, poisoning, ARDS, septic shock, etc. 
• Novel technologies including Neoport transport app to track patients during transfer from other remote centres. 
• Outreach and community programs including medical camps in Kerala, pan-India and international outreach camps to identify and help financially challenged families to receive cardiac surgical care for their children.

• Arrhythmias 
• Arterial Switch Operation
• Atrial Septal Defect
• Atrioventricular Heart Block 
• Congenital Heart Disease 
• Endocarditis 
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Heart Failure 
• Heart Valve Disease 
• Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome 
• Marfan Syndrome
• Mitral Valve Prolapse 
• Open Mitral Valve Surgery
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus 
• Pericarditis 
• Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transposition of Great Arteries
• Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) 
• Ventricular Septal Defect