About the Department of Cardiology at Medicana International Istanbul Hospital
The Department of Cardiology at the Medicana International Istanbul Hospital offers the full range of accurate diagnostics and effective treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The department's doctors have long experience and excellent qualifications in the treatment of atherosclerosis, cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, heart failure and angina pectoris. The state-of-art diagnostic equipment and the latest research allow the department's cardiologists to establish the accurate diagnoses and prescribe the appropriate treatment as soon as possible.The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Sebahattin Ateşal.
The following diagnostic examinations are carried out in the department:
- Electrocardiography (ECG) during exercise and at rest
- ECG Holter monitoring
- 24-hour blood pressure monitoring
- Echocardiography
- Myocardial scintigraphy (in collaboration with the Department of Nuclear Medicine)
- Angiography (about 15,000 procedures per year)
- Cardiac CT and MRI
- Laboratory diagnostics and stress tests
- Other diagnostic methods
The service range of the department includes the treatment of the following cardiovascular diseases:
- Coronary heart disease
- Myocardial infarction
- Heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias)
- Arterial hypertension
- Heart failure
- Inflammatory diseases of the heart, its membranes and valves
- Pericarditis
- Endocarditis
- Myocarditis
- Valvulitis
- Coronary artery stenoses (for example, in atherosclerosis, thrombosis)
- Rheumatic heart lesions
- Heart valve stenosis and insufficiency
- Cardiomyopathy
- Other diseases and pathological conditions
Curriculum vitae
Education and Professional Experience
- 1981 School of Medicine, Atatürk University.
- 1986 Postgraduate Education, Residency, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ankara University.
- 1990 PhD, Cardiology, School of Medicine, Ankara University.
- Cardiologist, Erzincan State Hospital.
- Cardiologist, Medical Park Fatih Hospital.
- Head of the Department of Cardiology, Medicana International Istanbul Hospital.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Medicana Health Group