Cardiology

Cardiology is one of the most important branches in medical science. It is concerned with the disorders of the heart. Today Cardiac diseases are rapidly increasing in the society. Hence it is necessary for any cardiac patient to get best treatment to cure the respective heart disease. The Cardiology department of Lakecity Hospital is a well equipped with all the latest diagnostic Equipments and world class infrastructure to deal with all kind of severe Heart related problems.

Cardiology department mainly deals with the diagnosis and treatment of various heart conditions such as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, electrophysiology, heart failure and valvular heart disease. Subspecialties of the cardiology field include cardiac electrophysiology, echocardiography, interventional cardiology and nuclear cardiology.

Heart Diseases

Lakecity Hospital is 24/7 ready to deal with all types of cardiac emergency. Various heart diseases include

  • Coronary artery disease
  • Peripheral arterial disease
  • Cerebro-vascular disease
  • Renal artery stenosis
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Hypertensive heart diseases
  • Heart failure
  • Pulmonary heart disease
  • Cardiac dysrhythmias
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Theumatic heart disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Myocarditis

Heart Diseases Diagnosis

Lakecity Hospital has an advanced heart diseases diagnosis facilities besides blood test and X-rays.

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Holter monitoring
  • Echocardiogram
  • Stress test
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Cardiac computerized tomography (CT) scan
  • Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Department of Interventional Cardiology

The Interventional Cardiology department of Lakecity Hospital of one of the most advanced department with availability of talented and well known Cardiologists. Interventional Cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Various types of Interventional procedures are performed at Lakecity Hospital which includes

  • Angioplasty

Angioplasty is known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. It is a minimally invasive, endovascular procedure to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins. Angioplasty is typically used to treat arterial atherosclerosis.

  • Angiography

Angiography or Arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.

  • Valvular Plasty

A valvuloplasty is also known as balloon valvuloplasty or balloon valvotomy. This procedure is used to repair a heart valve that has a narrowed opening.

  • Cardiac Ablation

This procedure is used to scar or destroy tissue in heart creating electrical signals to cause an abnormal heart rhythm.

  • Carotid Angioplastyand Stenting

These procedures are used to open clogged arteries to restore blood flow to the brain. These procedures are often performed to treat or prevent stroke.

  • Renal Angioplasty

This procedure is mainly used for renal Artery Stenosis.

  • Treatment of arrhythmia

The irregular Heart beat and rhythm commonly called as arrhythmia. For the diagnosis of arrhythmia (EP Study), the department is having halter monitor and team of expert doctors.

  • Pacemaker Implantation

Single chamber and Dual chamber for bradycardia are regular procedure in the department. Temporary Pacing and Permanent Pacemaker (PPM) facilities available as emergency procedure.

Department of Pediatric Cardiology

Lakecity Hospital’s Pediatric cardiology department has a team of well experienced Pediatric Cardiologist, Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon and cardiac anesthetist. The department provides world class treatment such as:

  • ASD Closer

Closure devices are used to close a defect or an opening between the right and left sides of the heart. Some of these birth defects are located in the wall (septum) between the upper chambers (atria) of the heart called as Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)

  • VSD Closer

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is an opening or hole in the wall that separates the two lower chambers of the heart.

  • Valvoplasty

A valvuloplasty is also known as balloon valvuloplasty or balloon valvotomy. This procedure is used to repair a heart valve that has a narrowed opening.

Department of Cardiothoracic

Lakecity Hospital’s Department of Cardiothoracic is equipped with all latest technology and equipment to deal all type of surgeries. This department is performing latest beating heart surgery quite frequently.

  • Beating Heart Surgery

It is also known as off-pump coronary artery bypass. It is a form of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery performed without cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine) as a treatment for coronary heart disease. This technique is a latest method of performing open heart surgery. In this, the Cardiac Surgeon performs the surgery while heart is beating.

The specialists available in the department have tremendous exposure to handle all type of critical emergency in the field of Cardiology. Lakecity Hospital is a well equipped with advanced medical technology to treat all types of severe heart diseases. Lakecity Hospital has a team of highly experienced and skillful Cardiac surgeons who are 24/7 ready to provide world class treatment to any patients.