National Heart Centre Singapore

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National Heart Centre (NHC) Singapore is the regional referral centre for cardiovascular disease. The centre’s doctors, who are highly skilled and have extensive postgraduate qualifications, form the largest heart specialists group in Singapore.

A one-stop centre offering comprehensive services with various cardiac subspecialties and supporting services, National Heart Centre Singapore treats complex cases and sees the highest volume of patients in Singapore. With 185 dedicated inpatient beds and a multi-disciplinary team of approximately 700 healthcare professionals including over 60 experienced cardiac and thoracic specialists, patients can be assured of obtaining the most appropriate care regardless of the nature of their underlying heart disease.

Our annual workload includes over 80,000 outpatient consultations, 80,000 cardiac investigations and around 5000 invasive procedures such as angioplasty, pacemaker implantation and open-heart surgery. Our outcomes for heart attack treatment, balloon angioplasty and bypass surgery have been shown to be equivalent to international standards.

The centre is the first heart centre outside USA and in Asia to receive the prestigious Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, which is an assurance for safe and quality patient care for the patients.

Our services include:

Investigative Procedures	Medical Procedures	Surgical Procedures
·          Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring ·          Ambulatory electrocardiogram (Holter monitoring) ·          Cardiac and thoracic computed tomography ·          Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging ·          Chest X-ray ·          Coronary angiography ·          Echocardiography (Trans-thoracic, Trans-oesophageal & 3D) ·          Electrocardiogram (ECG) ·          Electrophysiological study ·          Exercise stress ECG ·          Intravascular ultrasound imaging ·          Nuclear stress/rest perfusion scans ·          Rest & exercise gated blood pool scans ·          Rest-redistribution thallium imaging ·          Signal-averaged ECG (SA-ECG) ·          Stress echocardiography ·          Transtelephonic ECG ·          Upright tilt test	·          Biventricular pacing implantation ·          Cardiac catheterisation ·          Catheter ablation ·          Coronary angioplasty ·          Coronary stenting ·          Directional or rotational atherectomy ·          Implantable cardioverter defibrillator ·          Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation ·          Mitral, aortic & pulmonary valvuloplasty ·          Myocardial biopsy ·          Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass ·          Permanent pacemaker implantation ·          Lead extraction ·          Percutaneous device closure of secundum atrial septal defect / patent foramen ovale ·          Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuplasty	·          Abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery ·          Congenital heart disease surgery ·          Conventional coronary artery bypass graft surgery ·          Heart transplantation ·          Left ventricular reconstructive surgery ·          Lung resection ·          Lung transplantation ·          Lung volume reduction surgery ·          Maze surgery ·          Mechanical heart assist device implantations  ·          Off-pump/ beating heart surgery ·          Peripheral vascular arterial surgery ·          Thoracic aorta surgery ·          Valvular heart surgery including valve repair and replacement surgery

Specialist Outpatient Clinics

• Clinical cardiology Clinic
• Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic
• Anti-coagulation Clinic
• Grown-up Congenital Heart Clinic
• Heart Failure Clinic
• Heart Transplantation Clinic
• Lung Transplantation Clinic
• Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Clinic
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic
• Dietitian Clinic
• Warfarin Counselling Clinic
• Obesity and Endocrine Clinic

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National Heart Centre, together with its sister institutions under Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore National Eye Centre, National Cancer Centre, National Dental Centre (which are all located within Outram Campus), Changi General Hospital, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, National Neuroscience Centre and eight polyclinics island-wide caters to a complete healthcare needs of the nation.

SingHealth is one of the two public healthcare clusters. It was incorporated on 31 March 2000 after a major re-organisation of the public health services in Singapore.

Clinical Specialties

• Department of Cardiology
• Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Department of Cardiac Radiology

Research & Clinical Trials
At the cutting edge of medical advancements, National Heart Centre is involved in a wide range of cardiovascular research projects and clinical trials, to improve diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of our patients.

Research interests at National Heart Centre broadly focus on cell and molecular studies to evaluate and understand the genetic variations, risk factors, and role of vascular endothelial cells in cardiovascular diseases. These studies aim to identify the specific markers for coronary heart disease as well as to help develop novel therapeutic targets and strategies to improve outcomes.

National Heart Centre has embarked on stem-cell research, to explore and determine the potential of differentiating and transforming human stem cells into specific cardiomyocytes for the myocardial repair and growth of cardiac tissue in heart-failure patients.

Clinical trials are also being performed comparing novel investigative or treatment alternatives with the current standard diagnostic tests and therapies.

International Medical Service (IMS) 
Falling sick can be a stressful affair, especially so if you are seeking treatment overseas.

Our International Medical Service (IMS) provides a one-stop service for international patients, including providing cost estimates for your treatment and hospital stay, arranging appointments with the doctors and accommodation for you and your accompanying relatives to suit your budget and assisting you with the hospital registration and admission.

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