Cardiology

Cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis are the number one cause of death worldwide.

Our Cardiology Department deals with cardiovascular diseases, congenital heart diseases, heart rhythm problems and other heart conditions.

Many rhythm disorders and heart attacks can be detected with electrocardiography (ECG), which records the heart's electrical activity on paper.

Echocardiography is a very important test that uses sound waves to show the walls and valves of the heart by ultrasound, providing information about the structure and function of the heart.

At our hospital, many heart conditions such as congenital heart disease, rheumatic valve disease and heart failure can be easily detected with this test.

The exercise stress test, a provocation test used to detect significant narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply the heart, is another method we use in diagnosis. The aim of this test is to increase the heart's oxygen demand and detect ischemia, that is, inadequate blood supply to the heart, with simultaneous electrocardiography recording.

The aim of this test is to increase the heart's oxygen demand and detect ischemia, that is, inadequate blood supply to the heart, with simultaneous electrocardiography recording.

In patients who cannot exercise due to orthopedic or respiratory problems, myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, a scintigraphic examination of the heart, is used. In this test, ischemia is induced with the help of a medication, and the heart is imaged using a radioactive tracer administered intravenously.

Because rhythm disorders are usually short-lived during the day, they are quite difficult to detect. By the time patients come to our department, the rhythm disturbance has often already passed. In such cases, patients are monitored with a 24-hour Holter ECG device to detect the rhythm disorder.

24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is used for the accurate and timely detection of high blood pressure, a serious threat to public health, and in some cases to avoid unnecessary drug treatment. In this way, hypertension treatment is based on many measurements rather than just a few, avoiding unnecessary medication and making it possible to choose the appropriate drug.