The Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Unit at Anadolu Medical Center provides diagnostic and treatment services for cardiac arrhythmias and the heart conditions that accompany them.
Our experienced team carries out all types of diagnostic and interventional electrophysiological procedures using the most advanced techniques. Examples include ablation for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. A very active arrhythmia surgery programme strengthens the work of this unit.
These procedures include:
- Implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators
- Radiofrequency / cryoablation catheter ablation
- "EnSite NavX" three-dimensional imaging; non-contact mapping
- Biventricular pacemaker (cardiac resynchronisation)
- Tilt-table test
- Holter monitoring
- Event monitoring (1-month recording)
- Microvolt T-wave alternans test
- Cardioversion and drug treatment
Ertan Ökmen
M.D. FESC, Prof. Dr. of Cardiology
Thoracic and cardiovascular health – Cardiology
Ertan Ökmen
M.D. FESC, Prof. Dr. of Cardiology
Thoracic and cardiovascular 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 (invasive) cardiology
• Transradial coronary angiography and 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