Heart & Vascular Centre
At Caucasus Medical Center, patients have access to the full range of scheduled and emergency cardiology, arrhythmology, and cardiac surgery services. The hospital operates a cardiac intensive care unit and a cardiac surgery department, where treatment is provided by a team of highly qualified specialists.
All diagnostic tools are available 24/7, which is critically important for accurate patient management. Both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are performed, along with Holter monitoring. A key component of functional diagnostics—exercise stress testing and stress echocardiography—is also available around the clock.
As part of its outpatient services, the hospital offers CT coronary angiography using a 640-slice CT scanner, allowing for detailed assessment of the heart’s blood vessels—coronary arteries—through computed tomography.
The Heart Center has a capacity of 23 beds and is equipped to manage acute and emergency cardiac cases 24/7.
A full range of planned and emergency cardiology, arrhythmology and cardiac surgery services are available to patients at the Caucasus Medical Centre.
To ensure comprehensive and effective patient management, the Cardiology Department is available 24/7 to provide the following examination methods:
- Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography;
- Holter monitor (24h, 48h)
- Functional tests: Exercise Stress Test, Stress Echocardiography - the modern standard for early detection of coronary disease;
- Furthermore, CT coronarography (coronarography with computed tomography) was introduced in outpatient services, utilising a 640-slice computed tomography scan to assess the blood vessels supplying the heart, i.e. the coronary arteries.
The department's team of highly qualified professionals with Western experience, in accordance with international standards and guidelines, and with the involvement of doctors of all necessary profiles, ensures the management of any cardiological pathologies, for example:
- Coronary artery disease;
- Heart failure;
- Valvular heart disease;
- Arrhythmias;
- Hypertension;
- Cardiomyopathy;
- Congenital heart defect;
- Pericardial diseases;
- Vascular diseases;
- Cholesterol and lipid metabolism disorders.
To prevent or detect the disease at an early stage, screening tests are recommended for men from the age of 40 and for women from the age of 50, with the frequency determined by the doctor based on individual needs.
It is important to be aware of the symptoms that should prompt you to see a doctor, especially if you have had them before:
- Chest pain;
- Increased or rapid heartbeat, sensation of heart pounding;
- The presence of arterial hypertension (high blood pressure);
- Also episodes of low blood pressure and slow heart rate;
- Breathing difficulties and shortness of breath;
- Previous myocardial infarction;
- Episode of loss of consciousness (to exclude cardiological causes)
In order to achieve a substantial reduction in the likelihood of developing cardiovascular pathologies, it is imperative to:
- Adopt a healthy lifestyle;
- Quit smoking;
- Active control of blood sugar and lipid metabolism;
- Weight control, etc.
