Cardiology Center at Bumrungrad International Hospital – Bangkok

Procedures

Cardiac Diagnostic Investigations

• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
• Echocardiography & exercise echocardiography
• Exercise stress testing
  • Dobutamine stress echocardiogram (for patients unable to exercise on a treadmill)
  • Pharmacological stress testing with nuclear imaging
  • Pharmacological stress testing with MRI imaging
• 24-hour Holter (EKG) monitoring including event monitoring
  • Nuclear cardiology
  • Tilt table testing
  • TEE – Transesophageal echocardiography (multi-plane)
  • Electrophysiology testing (arrhythmia)
• Angiography
  • Diagnostic cardiac catheterization (coronary angiogram)
  • Carotid angiography
  • Peripheral angiography

Cardiac Treatment & Heart Surgery

• Cardiac Electrical System
  • Electrophysiology study including ablation
  • Pacemaker implantation
  • AICD (automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator) implantation
  • Cardiac resynchronisation therapy
• Coronary Artery Disease
  • Cardiac catheterization with coronary angiogram
  • Percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (PCI): balloon angioplasty and stenting
• Congenital Heart Disease
  • Closure of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
  • Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
  • Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
• Valvular System
  • Valvuloplasty
• Vascular Disease
  • Carotid stenting
  • Renal stenting
  • Peripheral artery stenting

Cardiothoracic (Heart & Chest) Surgery

• Coronary Disease
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) on pump and off pump (beating heart)
  • Redo CABG
• Valvular Disease
  • Valve repair
  • Valve replacement
• Congenital Disease
  • ASD repair
  • VSD repair
  • Ligation of PDA
  • Complex correction of congenital heart disease
• Vascular Disease
  • Abdominal and thoracic aneurysm repair
  • Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)
  • Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (TEVAR)

 Heart Center Surgical and Investigative Facilities

• Cardiac catheterization laboratories
• Cardiac surgery operating theaters
• Cardiac telemetry monitoring unit
• Electrophysiology laboratory (EP Lab)
• Fourteen-bed dedicated coronary care unit (CCU)
• Coronary CTA
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Non-invasive Cardiac Testing Center
  • Nuclear cardiology

Doctors

Cardiac Imaging

• Dr. Charaslak Charoenpanichkit
• Dr. Chirapa Puntawangkoon

Cardiology

• Assoc.Prof. Dr. Buncha Sunsaneewitayakul
• Asst.Prof. Dr. Sarinya Puwanant
• Asst.Prof. Dr. Suwatchai Pornratanarangsi
• R.T.N. Capt. Dr. Sukitti Panpunnung
• Capt. Dr. Wattanaphol Phipathananunth

Pediatric Cardiology

• Asst.Prof. Dr. Suthep Wanitkun
• Dr. Kritvikrom Durongpisitkul
• Dr. Preecha Laohakunakorn
• Prof.Dr. Anant Khositseth

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Assoc.Prof. Dr. Kriengchai Prasongsukarn
• Assoc.Prof. Dr. Piya Samankatiwat
• Assoc.Prof Samphant Ponvilawan
• Asst.Prof. Kriangkrai Tantiwongkosri
• Dr. Chaiwut Yottasurodom

Vascular Surgery

• Asst.Prof. Dr. Kritaya Kritayakirana
• Asst.Prof. Dr. Piyanut Pootracool
• Dr. Adhisabandh Chulakadabba
• Dr. Mawin Vongsaisuwon
• Dr. Poomin Sermdamrongsak