HISTORY

Our department was established in 1997. Until 1999 years, the clinical management was provided by two academic cardiologists (Ahmet Altinbas MD and Abdullah Dogan MD).  In October 1999, all technical and medical equipments were completed. Coronary angiography laboratory was opened and begun to give the service in Sevket Demirel Heart Center in the center of city. In February 2012,  our department was moved to main hospital in the University campus. Cardiology clinic, angiography laboratory and coronary care units are located in the second and third floors of main hospital C block. Outpatient clinic and laboratories are located in 11th  part of polyclinic building. Our department continues to give medical care for patients with cardiovascular disease who are living in the province of Isparta and its around (Burdur, Dinar, Sandikli, Basmakci and Serik etc).  Our mission is to provide modern, evidence-based and contemporary health care to our patients. At the same time, our clinic performs primary health support and information about cardiovascular diseases. Angiography and hemodynamics laboratory has been active 24 hours a day since October 1999. In June 2011, a new real-time three dimensional Doppler echocardiography device was started to be used for better examination of valvular and anatomic disorders of heart. Our clinic consists of 6 professors, one assistant professor and 6 cardiology residents.

LOCATION and CAPACITY

Our inpatient clinic is located in second and third floors of C block. There are 49 beds in cardiology department; 23 beds in cardiology service, 10 in coronary intensive care unit and 16 in angiography service. In cardiology service there are 5 private rooms. Outpatient service contains echocardiography, rhythm and blood pressure Holter monitoring machines, Tilt testing and exercise stress testing. There are four echocardiography devices (one portable device) in clinic and one of them is used in coronary care unit. Two of the echo devices have real-time three dimensional echocardiographic imaging quality.

TRAINING INTERVAL FOR RESIDENTS

Training time for cardiology specialty is 4 year according to the last regulation of  Ministry of Health legacies. Within this interval, residents perform all cardiologic invasive and non-invasive procedures. Examination and follow up of patients are main mandatories of residents. They learn performing and interpreting of echocardiography, holter, Tilt test and exercise stress test technics. Carrying out, interpreting of invasive cardiac procedures and treatment options are learned in angiography laboratory. Our residents are;

STUDY FIELD OF DEPARTMENT

Medical services provided in our clinic

1-Outpatient clinic

2- Diagnosis and treatment of Coronary Artery DiseaseExercise stress testEchocardiographyStress EchocardiographyCoronary AngiographyCoronary baloon and stent implantation (opening of narrow or occluded vessels)

3- Diagnosis and treatment of Valvular Heart DiseaseColor Doppler Echocardiography (4 dimensoinal version is included)Transesophageal echocardiography (examination of heart via esophagus)Baloon dilatation of stenotic mitral and pulmonary valves (valvuloplasty)

4- Diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm problemsExercise stress testHolter ECGTilt testElectrophysiologic studyRadiofrequency catheter ablation (treatment or arrhythmias using radio waves)Permanenet pacemaker implantation (2 or 3 chamber)Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation (life saving devices giving electrical shock to heart in case of life threatening arrhythmias)

5- Implantation of 3 chamber pacemaker in patients with serious heart failure

6- Diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart diseases (e.g atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect)3 dimensional coloured transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographyCardiac catheterizationPercutaneous closure of atrial septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus

7- Diagnosis and treatment peripheric vascular diseasesStent implantation for arm, leg and renal arteriesRESOURCES and FASCILITIES2 Cardiology outpatient clinics2 Color Doppler echocardiography laboratories (including 4 dimensoinal echo)Exercise stress testHolter ECGAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringTilt table testCoronary angiography laboratory.

‍Assoc. Proff. Mustafa KARABACAK

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