The Medical City Enhances Catheterization Lab with State-of-the-Art Imaging System

 

Manila, Philippines: In furtherance of The Medical City’s (TMC) commitment to provide world-class cardiovascular care, TMC’s Cardiac and Vascular Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) has acquired the Artis Zee®Floor—a state-of-the-art multi-purpose imaging system—along with cutting-edge supplementary software. The equipment allows for sharper images of the arteries of the heart, brain, internal organs, and limbs. 

 

 

The Artis Zee®Floor is most useful to TMC’s interventional adult and pediatric cardiologists, interventional neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons, and cardiac rhythm specialists. The high quality images result in a more accurate diagnosis, which leads to precise interventions, such as placing stents to relieve blockages in arteries. The new system requires much less radiation exposure to the patient, shorter procedure times, and less use of dye during the procedure. With its introduction, TMC now features one of the country’s fully equipped catheterization laboratories.

 

TMC’s Cath Lab also features the following equipment: Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), which provides a view from within the coronary arteries and facilitates coronary angioplasty; the Rotablator, which assists in angioplasty of calcified arteries; and the Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) Analyzer, which provides instantaneous information regarding the functional significance of borderline coronary blockages. The Lab also does electrophysiologic studies with ablation capability, which is used to diagnose and treat potentially dangerous cardiac rhythm irregularities.

“Here at TMC’s Cath Lab, we now have a comprehensive range of cutting-edge equipment that we can utilize for truly personalized patient care. No two patients are alike, which is why acquiring technology which can give us a clearer, more accurate assessment of each patient’s individual case is paramount,” says Dr. Gregorio Martinez, Jr., TMC Cardiac Catheterization Head. 

“Through this technology, we can best practice the hospital’s philosophy of patient partnership, letting our patients get better insight into their condition and thus encouraging them to actively participate in the health care process. Moreover, with these new services we are now able to offer the range of cardiovascular care that is available in the most advanced hospitals abroad.”

About The Medical City

  

The Medical City (TMC) is a tertiary health care organization with over forty years’  experience in hospital operation and administration towards the establishment of its world-class health care complex, serving some 40,000 in-patients and 400,000 out-patients annually. TMC has a medical staff of 1,100 physicians who are established experts in their various fields of specialization. This core of professionals is complemented by a 2,200-strong human resource complement, engaged in allied medical, administrative and support services.

  

At the heart of TMC's service philosophy are new paradigms of hospital care addressing the entire continuum of health needs, and the patient as an equal, informed and empowered partner in the pursuit and preservation of health. TMC is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), the world’s most prestigious accrediting body for international health care organizations, and is a 2010 Reader’s Digest Asia Trusted Brands Awardee. www.themedicalcity.com.