The Cardiology Department at Anadolu Medical Center offers comprehensive, high-quality cardiac care to all patients with heart disease, from the foetus to the elderly.
The physicians and all the staff of the Heart Institute at Anadolu Medical Center are dedicated to the modern diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, as well as to developing education and scientific research for the well-being of patients.
Our aim is to offer the highest possible quality of care. To fulfil this mission, we consider the following values to be essential:
- We recognise and affirm the unique, intrinsic value of every person, regardless of age, background, gender or social standing.
- We care for everyone with kindness.
- Our work is characterised by honesty, integrity and fairness.
- We strive to offer our patients the most advanced and most precise diagnostic methods and treatments. We aim for excellence through continuing education.
- We trust our colleagues and owe it to one another to act with loyalty, respect and dignity.
We offer the following services and procedures:
- Adult congenital heart disease service
- Biventricular pacemaker implantation
- Cardiac catheterisation laboratory
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardiac interventions
- Echocardiography laboratory
- Exercise ECG stress test
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Electrophysiology laboratory
- Endovascular interventions
- Foetal cardiology service
- Heart failure service
- Holter monitor fitting and continuous monitoring
- Medical cardiology
- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
- Thin-slice CT angiography
- Nuclear cardiology
- Pacemaker and implantable defibrillator
- Paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery
- Peripheral vessel imaging
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Rhythm disorders
- Thoracic surgery
- Thoracic cancer surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Vein clinic
- Cardiac care for women
Cardiac catheterisation laboratory
Thanks to our state-of-the-art catheterisation laboratories, our interventional cardiology specialists have the latest technologies with which to put their knowledge and experience into practice. The cardiologists in the interventional team have gained exceptional clinical experience and are recognised leaders at regional and national level. Innovations that make the treatment of heart disease more effective, safer and longer-lasting have greatly contributed to the standing of our programme.
The members of the cardiovascular intervention team support every stage of the cardiac patient's care. Thanks to our multidisciplinary approach, we can offer each patient the best possible treatment strategy, tailored to their case. The nurses, technicians and administrators meet the needs of every patient.
For patients who need more in-depth diagnostic tests and treatment, the Heart Institute offers a range of cardiovascular interventional procedures, from diagnostic assessment through to the most complex techniques for treating coronary artery disease.
These procedures include:
- Coronary angiography
- Angioplasty
- Complex catheterisation
- Percutaneous stent placement for coronary stenosis
- Coronary flow measurement
- Myocardial revascularisation
- Balloon mitral valvuloplasty
Electrophysiology laboratory
Anadolu Medical Center specialises in the care of patients with cardiac arrhythmia and offers the full range of invasive and non-invasive treatments for cardiac arrhythmias.
Electrophysiological assessment makes it possible to study abnormalities of the heart rhythm under controlled conditions. Using fine, specially insulated instruments called catheters, the physician can determine the type of arrhythmia and choose the best method of treating it.
Intravenous catheters are generally introduced into a vein in the groin and guided to the right chambers of the heart. The recordings made at this level give a very clear picture of the normal sequence of electrical activation of the heart.
In addition, the heart can be stimulated in different ways in order to identify any abnormal heart rhythms. Once the catheters are in place, the physician will assess the rhythm abnormalities by delivering small electrical impulses to the heart to make it beat at different rates (using an artificial pacemaker placed on one of the catheters).
This provides important information on the mechanisms of the arrhythmia, its prognosis, the risk of serious symptoms and the response to medication.
Thin-slice CT angiography
As coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women, its early detection and the measurement of its extent are more important than ever. By offering thin-slice CT angiography, Anadolu Medical Center has further refined its exceptional cardiovascular care services.
Thin-slice CT produces detailed, accurate three-dimensional images of the coronary arteries and veins, as well as of the whole heart; it is also faster, more comfortable and safer for our patients.
Altan Kır
Dr., Assoc. Prof. Dr. in Thoracic Surgery
Cardiovascular and thoracic health – Thoracic Surgery
Altan Kır
Dr., Assoc. Prof. Dr. in Thoracic Surgery
Cardiovascular and thoracic health – Thoracic Surgery
Education and career
- Karadeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon
- Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbakır
- Royal Brompton Hospital, England
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
- Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Centre, Istanbul
- Specialities and areas of medical interest
- Tracheobronchial resections, sleeve technique.
- Extended resections
- Paediatric thoracic surgery
Research and publications
- 15 international articles, 30 national articles
- 45 presentations
- 2 book chapters
Ertan Ökmen
Ertan Ökmen
M.D. FESC, Prof. Dr. of Cardiology
Cardiovascular and thoracic health – Cardiology
Education and career
• Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine,
• Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Centre
• Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, United States
• Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Heart Failure and Transplantation Department
Specialities and areas of medical interest
• Interventional cardiology
• Transradial angiography and coronary interventional procedures
• Heart failure and transplantation
• Member of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and the International Atherosclerosis Society.
• Member of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC),
• Certified by the European Board of Cardiology (European cardiologist diploma)
• World Heart Failure Society.
Research and publications
• 40 international publications
• 36 national publications
• Publications
• 1 book chapter
Haşim Üstünsoy
Haşim Üstünsoy
M.D., Prof. Dr.
Thoracic and cardiovascular health – Cardiovascular Surgery
Education and career
University
Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, 1979
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, 1984
Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine, 1986
Specialty training
Uludağ University, Cardiovascular Surgery, 1990-1996
Associate Professor
Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2002
Professor
Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, 2009
Activities and areas of medical interest
• Adult cardiovascular surgery
• Paediatric cardiovascular surgery
• Robotic cardiac surgery
• Heart-lung transplantation certificate
Institutional affiliations
• Turkish Medical Association
• Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
• National Vascular Surgery Association
• European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• European Society for Vascular Surgery
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Turkish Society of Cardiology
• Society for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
Research and publications
• 78 international publications
• 172 national publications