Slaskiego Centrum Chorob Serca W Zabrzu

Summary

Slaskiego Centrum Chorób Serca (the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases) is the premier healthcare institute that is located in Zabrze, Poland. They have modern and specialized clinical and scientific centers that work in the field of diagnostic and preventive therapies for heart-related conditions both in children and adults. Over the years, they have built various Pavillions where specific treatments and surgeries are performed, like minimally invasive surgery, vascular & endovascular surgeries, vascular, cardiac, & lung diseases, and heart failure. Furthermore, they are a member of the Polish Federation of Hospitals (PFHz)- a leading national organization.

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Details

General Outlook

• The Silesian Center for Heart Diseases is the leading Polish healthacre center situated in Zabrze.
• They have specialized and modern clinical, training, and scientific centers that work in the field of diagnostic and preventive therapies of heart-related conditions both in children and adults.
• The Silesian Center is located in pavilion A from 1984 to 2011, which is well-equipped with modern technologies but due to the reference center, it turned out to be insufficient.
• Then, in 2011, a new pavilion B was built, where minimally invasive surgery, heart failure, and vascular & endovascular surgeries were started operating. They also have hybrid operating rooms, angiology, and cardiology wards.
• Moreover, in 2012, the latest project began- pavilion C for further extension of Silesian Center to treat patients of vascular, cardiac, and lung diseases of children and adults. After three years, in 2015, Pavilion
• The Silesian Center for Heart Diseases are providing excellent services and medical care to the region for 30 years.
• One of the best clinical centers of Poland that bring together a group of caregivers and the best technological equipment, which provide high specialty treatments.
• Moreover, they are a member of the Polish Federation of Hospitals (PFHz), which is a national organization of employers associating hospitals regardless of their size, structure, and model of operation.

Fundaments

• The Silesian Center for Heart Diseases is a top-class medical center that has about 300 beds out of which 70 are well-monitored and equipped with high-standard of technologies for effective treatment.
• Each year about 15,000 patients from Poland and other countries are treated with great care and enthusiasm.
• About 6,600 invasive cardiac, 5,500 coronary angiographies, 3,500 angioplasty, 1,700 electrocardiological, and 1,150 minimally invasive cardiosurgical & cardiac procedures are performed that includes both diagnostic and therapeutic.
• The diagnostic procedures include coronarography, myocardial biopsy, and pulmonary arterial pressure measurement while the therapeutic procedure may include  Pulmonary artery valve transcatheter implantation, resynchronization device,  transcatheter aortic valve implantation, and cardiac stimulators.
• Furthermore, this center achieved a lot as they have successfully done many heart transplants, lung transplants, and cardiac surgeries in both adults and children.
• There are many wards equipped with many facilities and amenities to provide quality services to their patients.

Center of Specialties for Foreigners

• Anesthesiology & Intensive Care
• Angiology
• Cariology
• Cardiac Surgery
• Children’s Cardiology
• Clinical Transplantology
• Diabetology
• Lung Disease
• Vascular Surgery

Language Spoken

• English
• Polish
• Ukrainian

Approachability for Foreigners

The nearest airport for the Silesian Center of Heart Diseases is Katowice International Airport. The airport is approximately 30 minutes away from the center. The foreigners can come in a car, taxi, town car, bus, and train. Moreover, many standard and economical hotels are also available in Zabrze with various amenities.

The excellence of Team Achievements

• Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze received an award of the Innovations for Health competition for a hybrid operating room - a modern, integrated work tool for a cardiac surgeon, cardiologist, and vascular surgeon
• Received award in the field of scientific activity for a series of works on diagnostics and modern treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
• Achieved Polish Society of Cardiology Scientific Award for the team for working on Optimization of the revascularization of the heart muscle
• Received Golden Skalpel distinction for the performance of Syncardia-TAH, which is a procedure of implantation of a completely artificial heart in Poland
• Achieved team award in the field of scientific activity for a series of works on the treatment and prognosis of patients with heart failure with impaired left ventricular systolic function
• Received team award in the field of scientific activity for a series of works on risk stratification in patients after myocardial infarction