Cardiology & Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiac diseases kill more people every year-in high,middle and low income countries alike-than any other cause of death.With its complicated and expensive treatment,heart is the leading health concern of the modern world.Yet, one of the strongest areas of Turkish healthcare is cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.

Diagnostic technology such as electrocardiography, echocardiography, computerized tomography(CT),and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) are widely avaiable at Turkish institutions.2×128 CTs enable cardiac scans in less than a second,with extremely low levels of radiation.Non-invasive and interventional cardiology services,highly-successful cardiac surgeries,intensive care and cardiac rehabilitation complement each other,offering integrated and seamless care for heart patients.

Numbers translate into experience and expertise:
Annually,more that 30,000 cardiac surgeries and 100,000 interventions are performed in Turkey.Outcomes,such as risk-adjusted mortality,are continuously monitored and consistently perform well in comparison with international benchmarks.Complex coronary by-pass surgeries can be performed with the help of Impella micropump device on beating hearts in Turkey since 2008.First Turkish cardiac pump called “Heart Turcica” and biodegradable drug eluding stents were also developed and tested in high-tech Turkish research centers.