Heart
Our world-class team of cardiologists Diagnosis and treatment A full range of adult cardiology, in line with patient requirements. Our professionally trained medical team utilizes advanced medical innovations to screen, evaluate and treat cardiovascular disorders.
We work with state-of-the-art equipment and technology, including:
- Transthoracic and esophageal heart waves.
- Normal and stress ECGs. Holter and Tonoport 24-hour pulse, ECG and blood pressure monitors.
- Cross-sectional coronary angiograms
Cardiac Catheterization Center
Diagnostic tests in the cardiac catheterization unit
Diagnostic catheterization to visualize the coronary artery and transplanted arteries after heart transplants, as well as the peripheral arteries of the body.
Catheterize the left and right side of the heart and take pressure differences.
Assessing the degree and nature of atherosclerosis with state-of-the-art intra-arterial ultrasound equipment
Therapeutic examinations in the cardiac catheterization unit
- Dilation of coronary and transplanted coronary arteries after arterial transplantation surgery with balloons and third-generation drug-eluting stents.
- Dilation of the artery causing the acute myocardial infarction with stents as a first-line treatment without giving clot-dissolving drugs.
- Using a special catheter for arteries that have severe calcification on the wall, which makes it easier to widen these arteries.
- Placing a balloon inflator inside the aorta for cases of circulatory collapse and cardiogenic shock.
- Draining the fluid surrounding the heart muscle in cases where it is present in a quantity that impedes heart movement, and sending samples from it for examination to determine the causes of its formation.
- Placing a temporary pacemaker for cases of complete blockage of the electrical plexus.
- Placing a permanent pacemaker for life-threatening bradycardia.
- Placing a defibrillator inside the heart for arrhythmias that can lead to sudden death.
- Placement of a three-chamber cardioverter-defibrillator in cases of myocardial dysfunction unresponsive to pharmacologic and interventional therapy.
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