Best Pericardiectomy Clinics in Israel

WHY IT IS WORTH CARRYING OUT A PERICARDECTOMY IN ISRAEL?

Pericardiectomy is a complex procedure, after which the risks of complications are high. To avoid them, you need to entrust your health to real professionals - Israeli doctors. They accurately diagnose the indications for surgery and perform the intervention so precisely that more than 85% of patients have a favorable long-term prognosis even with purulent pericarditis.

Patients with less advanced cases have a 95% chance of a fulfilling life according to statistics from the Israel Society of Cardiology. Within 4 months after the operation, the cardiac activity of Israeli patients returns to normal.

In domestic clinics, this operation is performed less often. Modern diagnostic methods such as pericardiotomy or minimally invasive intervention by thoracoscopy are not available here. Accordingly, the risks of complications after surgery in the CIS countries increased to 19% (according to the statement of the European Society of Cardiology).

DIAGNOSTICS BEFORE PERICARDECTOMY IN ISRAEL

Israeli clinics offer their patients a unique procedure - pericardiotomy. This is an examination of the lining of the heart using an endoscope. This method is considered the most reliable in assessing the need for pericardial removal. At the same time, the patient undergoes other diagnostic procedures:

• delivery of laboratory tests;
• stress echocardiogram;
• cardiac biopsy
• echocardiography.

Thorough diagnostics make it possible to exclude alternative diagnoses, as well as to collect complete information about the possibility of carrying out this operation for a particular patient. Due to the responsible attitude to the diagnosis of doctors, the risk of complications after pericardiectomy in Israeli clinics is 3 times lower than the world indicators.

INDICATIONS FOR PERICARDECTOMY

Removal of the pericardium is prescribed for those patients who have been diagnosed with pericarditis - inflammation of the lining of the heart or thickening of the pericardium, which leads to squeezing of blood vessels. For some diseases - myocardial fibrosis or renal failure, the operation cannot be performed. You can find out your indications for pericardiectomy by going through a diagnosis at an Israeli medical center.

HOW PERICARDECTOMY IS CARRIED OUT IN ISRAEL?

In the classical method of removing the pericardium, the doctor dissects the patient's sternum, removes the affected areas, and sutures the edges of the pericardium. During the operation, the patient is connected to a ventilator. The whole process takes from 3 hours.

After the operation, the patient is under the close supervision of doctors for 2 days. A drainage tube is connected to his chest to drain fluid. After 7 days, the person is discharged from the hospital.

A more modern method of operating, available only in top Israeli clinics, is thoracoscopy. It is a minimally invasive technique and does not require deep incisions. Instead, the doctor performs a puncture in the chest and passes a video camera and the necessary instruments through it.

TYPES OF PERICARDECTOMY

Subtotal pericardiectomy

Almost the entire shell of the heart is removed, except for the posterior wall. It is performed if the patient has a large area of inflamed pericardium.

Partial pericardiectomy

The cardiac surgeon removes a separate section of the sheath. The operation is performed for mild to moderate disease.

COST OF PERICARDECTOMY IN ISRAEL

The cost of removing the shell of the heart in Israel depends on:

• the degree of development of the disease and its form;
• having other heart problems;
• the degree of vascular compression by the thickened membrane.

IN WHICH ISRAELI CLINICS PERICARDECTOMY IS PERFORMED?

• When choosing a medical center, a patient needs to pay attention to:
• the equipment of the clinic - the more modern the equipment, the more accurate and reliable the diagnosis and operation will be;
• experience of cardiac surgeons - the more often the doctor performs the intervention, the better he knows how to help the patient without serious risks.

On this basis, Israeli clinics will be a good choice:

Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

The world-famous cardiologist - Professor Gadi Keren works in this clinic. In 35 years of practice, he has saved the lives of more than 5,000 patients. General statistics of the success of cardiac surgery - 95% of patients undergo surgery without complications.

Assuta Medical Center

The clinic takes care of the safety of operations. The center is equipped with the Da Vinci robotic system. When carrying out cardiac surgeries, it guarantees more accurate doctor's actions. It also has the lowest rate (0.5%) of infection of patients in Israel.

Hadassah Medical Center

The clinic can perform operations on the heart using minimally invasive methods. Many heart diseases, including pericarditis, are eliminated through one puncture. Thousands of grateful reviews from the patients of the Hadassah clinic prove the high professionalism of the doctors of the Israeli clinic.

Find out your indications for surgery or schedule a pericardiectomy with Israel's leading professionals by contacting ClinicsonCall. We will answer your and questions about treatment in Israel and travel arrangements.