The Adventist Heart Centre offers one-stop cardiac services to all ages - from newborn, children to adult and elderly with heart and vascular problems. The centre consists of heart specialists, heart surgeons and doctor specialized in irregular heart rhythms.
The hospital does over 550 heart surgeries a year. The hospital was among the first hospital to execute open heart surgery in Northern Malaysia, and established Cardiac Catheterization laboratory and Laser Heart Surgery-Trans Myocardial Revascularization (TMR) in Northern Malaysia.
Adventist Heart Centre has consultation connections to Loma Linda University and Medical Centre, Florida Heart Institute, and Washington Adventist Hospital. It has been providing care and assistance to the community that require either for a new lease of life or to improve their quality of life.
Services
Equipment & Staff Support
Panel of Proffesionals
Services
24-hour cardiology service
24-hour cardiac surgery
24-hour chest pain centre
24-hour Holter monitoring
Cardiac evaluation
Adult and paediatric diagnostic cardiac catheterization
Management of varicose veins, leg swellings and ulcers, acute or chronic ischaemic limbs, abdominal aortic aneursyms, carotid artery diseases, and lymphatic complications
Vascular reconstruction for diabetic foot
Repair of arterial trauma
Endovascular procedures: angioplasties and stenting, insertion of vena cava filters
Thrombolytic therapy
Venous access procedures: arteriovenous fistula for dialysis, insertion of Hickman line, tunnelled central line, insertion of portacath and vasoport unit
Angioplasties and stenting of stenotic fistulas or subclavian veins
Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation program
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program
Support group (Mended Hearts)
Programs supported by physician, nurse educator, dietitian and physiotherapist
Equipment & Staff Support
1 Aortic Balloon Pump
6 Echo units that allow Transesopageal Echocardiography
2 Heart Lung machines and 1 backup centrifugal pump to backup emergency heart surgery
1 Eclipse LTMR machine
2 Angiogram suites (1 GE Biplane machine that allows paediatric interventional work)
1 GE C-Arm that can be used for vascular procedures and angiograms – 3 angiograms can be done simultaneously
1 Electromedic Cell saver for blood recovery in complicated surgeries
10 Intensive Cardiac Care beds well-equipped with HP monitors for invasive and non-invasive monitoring
5 modern fully equipped HEPA filtered Operation Theatres built to American standards
Electrophysiology laboratory
Doppler (ultrasound)
Photoplethysmography, plethysomography
Duplex scan (ultrasound colour system)
Specially trained surgical teams to cover three open and closed heart surgeries simultaneously
Specially trained Intensive Care nurses to support the cardiac and vascular cases
Cardiac trained nursing personnel in OR and ICU
Panel of Proffesionals
2 Adult Cardiothoracic Surgeons
6 Anaesthesiologists
2 Perfusionists
3 Surgical teams on standby 24-hours
4 Cardiologists + Internal Medicine and 1 Cardiologist + Electrophysiologist
1 Paediatric Cardiologists
1 Vascular Surgeon
Contact info
Please make appointment 2 weeks ahead to avoid disappointment.