Heart: The Pumping Organ

Heart: The Pumping Organ

The Heart, a muscular organ, pumps blood through the blood vessels, supply oxygen by this means of flowing blood. The deposition of fatty acids or unwanted particles causes diseases as they do not allow the blood to flow leading to the heart diseases.

Heart disease, word itself includes so many things and diseases within itself in both adults and children. This includes many different types of problems that can also be taken as life threatening Pediatric heart disease is a term used to describe several different heart conditions in children. The most common type of pediatric heart disease is congenital. Child born with such disease. It could be diagnosed earlier in the time period of infant or may be diagnosed later in the adult stage of the life. Heart diseases are difficult enough adults and can be tragic in children.

There are different types of heart problems that can affect children includes congenital heart defects, viral infections that affect the heart, and even heart disease acquired in earlier stages due to illnesses or genetic syndromes. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a type of heart disease with which the child is born with, usually caused by the genetic issues with the parents or in family traits. These heart defects may have long-term effects on a child’s health. They’re usually treated with surgery, catheter procedures, medications, and in severe cases, heart transplants.

Symptoms include:

·         Narrowing of the aortic valve, which restricts blood flow, causes heart valve disorders.

·         The left side of the heart is underdeveloped, leads to hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

·         Disorders involving holes in the heart walls between the chambers and between vessels

·         Ventricular septal defects

·         Atrial septal defects

·         Patent ductus arteriosus

·         Tetralogy of Fallot, combination of four defects

·         A hole in the ventricular septum

·         A narrowed passage between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery

·         A displaced aorta.

Various Heart diseases includes:

·         Atherosclerosis

·         Arrhythmias

·         Kawasaki disease

·         Heart murmurs

·         Pericarditis

·         Rheumatic heart disease

·         Viral infections

·         Dilated Cardiomyopathy

·         Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

·         Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)

·         Ebstein’s Anomaly

·         Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

·         Pulmonary Stenosis

·         Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

·         Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)

Diagnostic Tests includes:

·         Prenatal ultrasound

·         Chest x-ray

·         Electrocardiogram (ECG)

·         Echocardiogram

·         Cardiac catheterization

·         Stress test (dobutamine or exercise)

·         Cardiac MRI

With increased advancement in science and technology the diagnosis and management of heart disease in pediatric have taken a lot better place and grown up with the advances working with the during the last-four decades, advances in molecular genetics and defining the familial patterns have helped a lot in finding the genetic and molecular factors linked to congenital heart disease and arrhythmia, providing opportunity for improved genetic counselling and future gene therapy. Advanced Medical treatment of congenital heart disease targets not only the augmentation of ventricular contractility but also the derangement or any issues in the physiology associated with it. The ultrasound technology and many more for the better treatment and facilities in improving the paediatric heart conditions and their treatments.