Best Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery Clinics Abroad

Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases in Foreign Clinics

Following types of diagnostic and treatment procedures are employed for cardiac diseases.

• Echocardiography is one of the imaging diagnostic procedures used to detect cardiac issues, particularly among angina patients. Your doctor recommends this procedure when you experience an irregular heartbeat. The diagnostic procedure is painless and non-invasive resulting in fewer side effects.

• Holter Monitor is another fascinating and unique diagnostic procedure used to monitor heartbeat being used in Sourasky Medical Center-Israel. It is one of the unique procedures of its kind utilizing a portable device to monitor the heartbeat. One of the most interesting features associated with this device is that it can monitor your heartbeat without hindering your daily activities.

• Coronary angiography - an X-ray invasive study of blood vessels using a contrast agent, which allows you to determine the location and degree of narrowing of the arteries;
• Contrast ventriculography - x-ray of the heart with a contrast agent; it is used to determine the volume and contractility of the heart chambers, as well as pathologies of the atrial septum and heart valves;
• MR angiography (MRA) - magnetic resonance imaging of the coronary arteries, which is done if there are contraindications for coronary angiography;
• Electrocardiography (ECG) - an electrocardiogram of the heart, which is needed to determine the frequency and regularity of heartbeats;
• Multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) - examination of blood vessels and the heart using a multislice computed tomography; this procedure provides an opportunity to obtain accurate information about the condition of the coronary arteries, thoracic and pulmonary aorta, and heart.
• Electron beam computed tomography (CRT) - ultra-fast scanning of the cardiovascular system using electronic waves; used to identify signs of coronary artery disease;
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a study that allows you to obtain a three-dimensional image of all parts of the heart and vascular system using a special installation that creates nuclear magnetic resonance.

Treatment Procedures For Cardiovascular Diseases Abroad

Pacemaker Implantation

A pacemaker is a small device placed near the patient’s chest to cure the problem of irregular heartbeat. It helps patients suffering from bradycardia or irregular heartbeat issues. It possesses the following exceptional benefits.

• Provides you with more energy
• Better preservation to your heart
• Improved quality of life

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA)

A procedure that helps eliminate heart rhythm disturbances by destroying the arrhythmia focus by using an electric current; an operation to install artificial heart rate drivers (pacemakers, cardioverters, and defibrillators)

Coronary Angioplasty

Coronary Angioplasty is one of the procedures used to relieve the symptoms of severe chest pain following a heart attack. It employs a catheter that is injected into the blood vessel to open or widen the blocked artery to continue the blood flow. The overall success rate of this procedure is around 90%.

Although the procedure has shown its effectiveness over the procedures being used in the past, a few of the risk factors are associated with its use depending upon multiple factors including age, medical condition of the patient, medical history, kidney health, etc.

However, the procedure is being used popularly among angina patients for the following benefits over conventional treatment procedures.

Advantages

• It can enhance life span among angina patients
• Improves overall cardiac health
• Long-term survival
• Only a little percentage of patients undergoing the procedure experience complications including blood loss, infection, and blood clots.
• Quick Recovery compared with conventionally used procedures

Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

Since the emergence of new technology, everything has been revolutionized including medical treatment facilities so that patients acquire the best possible treatment option.

One of such achievements of medical technology is the advent of Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery. This innovative surgical procedure is not only comfortable for the patient but also for the surgeon him/herself.

During the procedure, the surgeon implements the whole surgical procedure with the assistance of robotic devices which makes the whole process quite convenient for the patient and surgeon as well. This remarkably advanced treatment technology offers the following benefits over invasive procedures being used in the past.

• Less painful
• Highly reliable and effective
• Minor scars
• Least risk of getting infected
• Requires less anesthesia

Leading Cardiology and Cardiovascular Clinics Abroad

To date, many effective methods have been developed for the treatment of various cardiovascular diseases. But, such treatment is not fully available in all countries of the world. Some countries of Western Europe, South Korea, as well as Israel and the USA are leading in this direction.

Today there are several cardiac surgery clinics that have loudly declared themselves in the world. They are located in Germany, Israel, Turkey, Lithuania, Spain.

• Medical Park Hospital Group

It is the leading clinics network in Turkey in the field of cardiac surgery. More than 1,000 cardiac surgeries, approximately 1,500 cardiovascular surgery procedures and approximately 6,000 angiographies are performed here annually.

• The German Heart Center Berlin

It is a medical center that the whole world knows about. More than 1,700 heart transplants were performed here, of which 181 - to a child. 2,700 coronary angiographs are performed here annually; 6,700 heart surgeries; 700 corrections of congenital heart defects; 200 implantations of pacemakers.

• Kardiolita

It is a leading clinic in cardiac surgery among the Baltic countries. For 40 years of work, the best cardiac surgeons of the clinic have successfully performed more than 5,000 complex operations. The clinic demonstrates exemplary success rates for cardiac surgery. For example, the success rate of coronary artery bypass grafting here reaches 99%.

Other leading clinics for cardiovascular surgery include:

• Clinic Rechts der Isar (Germany, Munich)
• Polish-American Heart Clinics (Poland, Bielsko-Biala)
• Clinic Medistate (Turkey, Istanbul)
• Memorial Clinic Network (Turkey, Antalya, Istanbul)
• Hisar Clinic (Turkey, Istanbul)
• Samsung Hospital (Korea, Seoul)
• Asan Clinic (Korea, Seoul)
• Soonchunhyang University Hospital (Korea, Seoul)