Introduction
Diseases of the heart have become an increasing health problem in all parts of the world. Heart diseases can cause major impacts on physiological and psychological aspects of the patients and the community. Prevention, early diagnosis and prompt treatment are considered as the main focus when dealing with such major problem.
The Cardiology Department in Thumbay Hospital Ajman is specialized in all kind of cardiology services including Interventional Cardiology. The Cath lab at Thumbay Hospital Ajman is fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and complete range of services – from cardiac investigations to Interventional Cardiology procedures in ultramodern Catheterization Lab (Cath Lab).
Overview
The department of cardiology in is an independent unit, serving patients with various forms of heart diseases. Our services include both diagnostic & therapeutic options for cardiac patients, aiming at achieving rapid and accurate diagnosis and proper and early treatment for better clinical outcomes
Services
The department provides all emergency cardiac consultation round the clock. The department is ready to receive emergency cardiac cases 24 hours a day. The department is well equipped with centrally monitored beds, ventilators, Defibrillators and excellent medical supervision by highly qualified doctors and nursing staff. 12 lead ECG, Echocardiography and stress ECG are available throughout the day.
Special services:
- Pacemakers and ICD Implantation
- Radial angiography & angioplasty
- Coronary artery stenting
- CT Coronary angiography
- Temporary pacemaker implantation
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
- 24 hours Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- 24-48 hours ambulatory ECG monitoring (Holter Monitoring)
- Trans-thoracic Echocardiography
- Trans-oesophageal Echocardiography
- Pharmacological Stress Echocardiography
- Paediatric & Neonatal Echocardiography
Academics
Teaching for undergraduate students under the umbrella of Gulf Medical University:
- College of Medicine: MBBS
- College of Allied Health Sciences: BPT
- College of Dentistry: DMD
- College of Pharmacy: PharmD
Teaching in various Courses and Workshops organized by the Gulf Medical University:
- EKG Workshops
- Life Support Courses
- Certificate Courses
- Conferences and Seminars
Research
Ongoing research projects in the department are:
- Global Anticoagulation Registry in the FIELD (GARFIELD)
- Unrecognized Diabetes Mellitus and Pre-diabetes among patients presented with first attack of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in a multi-ethnic population in Ajman, UAE (DM-ACS UAE study)
- Unrecognized Dyslipidemia among patients presented with first attack of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in a multi-ethnic population in Ajman, UAE
- Evaluation of Exforge HCT efficacy and safety in a real-world setting (EXCEED)
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