Pediatric Cardiology
MAX Super Specialty Hospital, Shalimar Bagh
Consultant in Pediatric Cardiology at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla, New Delhi.
Senior registrar and fellow in Pediatric cardiology at Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.
Saral Diagnostics, Saraswati Vihar,
PitamPura, New Delhi
5:30PM – 6:30PM (With Prior Appointments Only)
Dr Gaurav Agrawal is a Pediatric Cardiologist (Child and Fetal heart Specialist).
Dr Agrawal is a pediatrician who has specialized training in the treatment of various child heart related problems (neonates to 18 years of age).
He is also having a vast experience in fetal echocardiography.
He is one of the very few pediatricians in India who practices pediatric cardiology exclusively.
Cardiac problems in children are common in children, sometimes life threating and often not diagnosed properly. Early diagnosis and timely treatment is very important.
Areas of specific interest include child echocardiography including fetal echocardiography, diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization (pediatric cardiac holes closure by device, opening of obstructed cardiac valves by balloons etc).
A Pediatric Cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and management of heart conditions in fetuses, neonates, infants, children, adolescents and young adults (up to 18 years).
After completing MBBS and MD (Pediatrics), a Pediatric Cardiologist undergoes additional super-specialty training (FNB / DM Pediatric Cardiology) at recognised institutes to handle congenital heart defects, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies, Kawasaki disease, rheumatic heart disease and other cardiac problems unique to children.
They perform fetal echocardiography during pregnancy, neonatal echocardiograms, exercise stress tests, holter monitoring and interventional procedures such as device closures and balloon valvuloplasty.
Parents should consult a Pediatric Cardiologist if their child shows any of the following signs and symptoms:
