Cardiology

Cardiologists here carry out high volumes of procedures daily. With better operator experience and improvement in the equipment, they are able to carry out complex multi-vessel angioplasty procedures.

Heart conditions which are commonly seen are coronary artery disease, hypercholesterolaemia, chest pain or discomfort (angina), shortness of breath, palpitations, mitral stenosis and insufficiency, aortic stenosis and insufficiency, mitral valve prolapse, arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and flutter, arrhythmias and congestive heart failure.

Clinical Cardiology

• Coronary care unit

• Intermediate care unit

• Inpatient cardiac care

• Specialist outpatient clinics

• Exercise stress testing

• Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
  

Cardiac Arrhythmia Services

Non-Invasive Cardiac Arrhythmia Services:

• Cardiac arrhythmia and pacemaker clinic

• 24-hour ECG monitoring

• Transtelephonic monitoring
   

Invasive Cardiac Arrhythmia Services:

• Intracardiac diagnostic electrophysiology investigations

• Therapeutic catheter ablation of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias

• Permanent pacemaker implantation

• Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation
   

Invasive Diagnostic and Interventional Services

• Cardiac catheterisation

• Coronary angiography

• Myocardial biopsies

• Coronary angioplasty, directional atherectomy, rotational atherectomy and stent implantation

• Coronary brachytherapy

• Mitral valvuloplasty

• Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation

• Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass
  
  

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