Cardiology
Your heart is in safe hands with our academic staff at Liv Hospital Gaziantep Cardiology Department. Surgical procedures of treatments such as heart anomalies, rhythm disorders seen at all ages, heart failure, heart attack, Angina, Hypertension are performed with modern methods.
During the cardiology examination procedures, the medical history of the patients admitted to the department is taken and many tests, especially blood tests, are performed according to the need for the suspected disease after the physical examination.
Examinations and procedures performed in the Cardiology Department;
• Echocardiography (ECO):
• Exercise (Stress) Test
• Stress Echocardiography
• Cardiac MRI
• Holter (Blood pressure + rhythm holter, 24, 48 and 72 hours)
• Coronary angiography and balloon-stent procedures
• CT Coronary Angiography
• Venous and arterial doppler
• Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Coronary Intensive Care : Providing service with the support of modern technology, heart attack, acute and advanced heart failure, cardiogenic shock, rhythm and conduction disorders that threaten vital functions are closely monitored and treated in the Cardiology Department of Liv Hospital Gaziantep. Mechanical ventilation-support, temporary pacemaker can be applied in this section when necessary.
What are the symptoms of cardiology diseases?
Although the symptoms of cardiology diseases vary according to the types of the disease, the common ones are:
• Heart palpitations
• Chest pain and chest tightness, usually in people with coronary artery disease
• Difficulty in breathing due to heart failure, urination at night and shortness of breath when lying on the back at night
• Shortness of breath and hemoptysis, that is, vomiting blood, which occurs in problems with the heart valves
• The problem of impotence, i.e. hardening
• Syncope, or fainting, is one of the common cardiological symptoms.
• involuntary weight loss