PH is a chronic debilitating disease associated with increase in pulmonary artery pressures. It may be caused by congenital heart disease, lung problems or idiopathic. The disease is progressive and is associated with right ventricular dilation, failure and early death.
PH clinic is a multi-disciplinary clinic with single point of contact to diagnose, investigate and treat patients with this disease.
Patients with PH require extensive work up to define the cause of PH. It requires a multidisciplinary team including a PH specialist, adult and pediatric cardiologist, pulmonologist, rheumatologist and a cardiac surgeon.
Once accurate diagnosis is made, the patient needs to be followed up in a systematic manner with echocardiogram, six minute walk test and blood investigations. Cardiac catheterization by experts trained in this is an important aspect of diagnosis and for guiding therapy.
Drug therapy is constantly improving and needs expert knowledge and monitoring.
Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital, Childrens Heart Centre
2nd Floor, Wednesday and Friday 2pm to 5 pm.
Since the number of drugs available in India to treat PH are currently limited accurate diagnosis of the etiology is crucial to therapy.
Dr. Prashant Bobhate
Adult Cardiologists:
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Cardiac surgery:
Pediatric cardiac surgery:
Diagnosis and treatment of children with congenital heart disease., Simple and complex interventions in children with congenital heart disease, Pulmonary hypertension, Fetal echocardiogram.
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