Treatments
Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre
Services We Offer
Paediatric cardiology treatments are carefully tailored to each child’s needs, with a focus on ensuring the best possible outcomes, whether through medication, minimally invasive procedures, or more complex surgeries. Follow-up care and long-term management are integral parts of treatment to ensure children grow and thrive despite heart conditions.
The Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre’s paediatric unit offers comprehensive and specialized treatments across a broad range of medical fields, addressing both common childhood conditions and complex, rare disorders. With a multidisciplinary approach, treatments are tailored to meet the specific physical, developmental, and emotional needs of children, ensuring the highest standard of care
A proactive approach to improving health and well-being through changes in daily habits, such as diet, exercise, stress management, and sleep.
A life-support technique that temporarily takes over the heart and lung functions by pumping and oxygenating blood outside the body, allowing these organs to rest and heal.
A surgical procedure in which a diseased or damaged heart is replaced with a healthy donor heart.
A procedure where a small device is surgically implanted under the skin to help regulate the heart’s rhythm.
A medical procedure used to diagnose and treat heart conditions by inserting a thin tube (catheter) into a blood vessel and threading it to the heart. It allows doctors to assess heart function, blood flow, and detect issues like blockages or abnormal structures.
When more complex repairs are needed, paediatric cardiac surgery is performed. Some common surgical treatments include.
These procedures are minimally invasive and often performed using catheterization techniques, avoiding the need for open-heart surgery.