Cardiology

AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER's Cardiology Department's primary goal is to evaluate, treat and prevent heart and blood vessel disease.

The heart is the vital organ that keeps us alive. It is like a pump that ensures that all the organs of the human body receive blood and nutrients, and that they function properly. In the case of a diseased heart, the whole body suffers. At the same time, age, unhealthy eating habits and a high-fat diet affect the health of the blood vessels.

The main heart conditions are:

• Hypertension - high blood pressure;
• Ischaemic heart disease - heart muscle disease that occurs due to narrowing or even blockage of the coronary arteries (vessels that supply the heart with oxygen-rich blood);
• Angina pectoris - is manifested by attacks of severe chest pain caused by blockage of the blood vessels supplying the heart;
• Atherosclerosis - thickening of the walls of blood vessels, making them stiff and preventing the blood vessels from performing their function;
• Heart failure - occurs when, for a variety of reasons, the heart fails to pump enough blood to organs and tissues;
• Arrhythmias - disturbances of the normal rhythm of the heart: the heart muscle does not contract in time and in the natural sequence, so that the heart rhythm is not regular (tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, etc.);
• Valvulopathies - a group of diseases affecting the heart valves;
• Venous thrombosis - the formation of blood clots in the veins that can block blood flow from any region of the body.

The diagnosis of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels requires accurate medical assessment and complex means of investigation, specific to cardiology. Correct diagnosis ensures targeted treatment of the heart problem that the person who comes to our centre is suffering from. AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER covers the full range of services needed for heart health: investigations and specific laboratory tests.

AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER ensures that the necessary consultation and investigations are carried out on the same day.  Qualified medical staff provides you with modern diagnostic services at the highest standards, according to the European medical guidelines in force. At the same time, as important as the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases is the prevention of heart disease. That's why the doctors at our centre will explain in detail how to change your lifestyle to keep your heart healthy.

So if you have one of the following symptoms, don't delay a visit to the doctor:

• Chest pain or pain radiating to the left shoulder;
• Shortness of breath, both when you're exercising and at rest;
• Heart palpitations;
• Unexplained dizziness and loss of consciousness;
• Edema in the legs (swollen legs);
• Continuous fatigue;