Heart disease is one of the most common problems found in Thailand
and overseas. Effective heart disease treatment must depend on skillful
physicians experienced in heart disease diagnosis and treatment with
sufficient modern medical equipment as per patient's need. Saint Louis
Hospital established the Heart Institute with the purpose to prepare its
readiness in treatment of all heart diseases, then recruiting medical and
surgical experts, competent and
specialized medical personnel in heart
disease treatment. In addition, we also
prepare lots of necessary state-of-the-art
medical equipment to serve patients.
Heart Institute has a full range of heart
examination equipment, e.g. Cardiac
Catheterization laboratory, Coronary
angiography suite for X-Ray infection of
dye into the heart vessels, and Balloon
Angioplasty (Balloon dilatation of heart
vessel), modern operating suite for heart surgery including coronary artery
bypass grafting (bypass blocked heart vessel), heart valve surgery and
correction of congenital heart disease, Exercise Stress Test, Echocardiogram
and Holter monitoring equipment.
Physician members of the Heart Institute consist of 4 in-house experts, 3 of
them are cardiologists, the other is a heart surgeon. In addition, there are 3
consulting experts of abnormal heart beating, 5 of experts in cardiac
catheterization and coronary balloon angioplasty, 5 of pediatric cardiologists
and 3 of heart consultant surgeons. |
Services
1. Examination and treatment of all kinds of heart diseases
2. Electrocardiogram
3. Exercise Stress Test
4. Echocardiogram to examine the size of each heart chamber, stenosis
or leakage of heart valve.
5. Abnormal heart beating examination equipment
6. Cardiac cathethrization to see blocked heart vessel and balloon
angioplasty and cardiac catheterization
7. Surgery of coronary artery, heart valves and other kinds of heart surgery |