Tehran Heart Center (THC) was inaugurated in 2002 as an 11-story building in an area of 65,000 square meters. An educational, treatment, and research center dedicated to cardiovascular diseases, THC boasts 470 active beds in 21 inpatient units as we as 11 operating rooms, 6 angiography units, and outpatient clinics comprising specialized echocardiography, exercise test, peacemaker, and Holter monitoring units. The operating rooms and angiography units are outfitted with video-conference equipment and conference halls to cover procedures of special educational interest life. THC’s paraclinical departments consist of imaging units (MSCT, MRI, radiology, and nuclear scanning), laboratory, cardiac rehabilitation, dentistry, and pharmacy rendering round-the-clock services. The following is an annual summation of the salient procedures performed at THC:
Angiography approximately 10,000 cases per annum
Angioplasty approximately 2,500 cases per annum
Electrophysiology (EPS) over 800 cases per annum
Permanent pacemaker implantation over 300 cases per annum
Temporary pacemaker implantation over 250 cases per annum
Echocardiography over 30,000 cases per annum
Active Beds: 500
Services & Treatments
About Tehran Heart Center
THC is affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Sciences and enjoys the expertise of some of the country’s best and most experienced specialists, physicians, and nurses. The center adheres to the most current international scientific quality management models and was awarded an ISO9000 certificate in 2004. THC prides itself on the fact that with its 90% bed-occupation coefficient and high patient satisfaction rates, it is one of the best of its kind in the Middle East.
Tehran Heart Center Clinical & Paraclinical wards include:
Emergency
Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)
Post-Cardiac Care Unit (P-CCU)
Cardiac Catheterization (CATH_LAB)
Surgical divisions
Open heart surgery rooms and special care after open surgery (ICU-OH)
Tehran Heart Center boasts 11 active operating rooms outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment. An experienced and highly skilled team of cardiac surgery sub-specialists, anesthesiologists, general surgeons, nurses, perfusionists, and anesthesiology technicians offers its expertise in the Operating Theater. One of the operating rooms is equipped with an angiography machine for sophisticated vascular procedures and valve implantations via interventional procedures and surgical operations that require the simultaneous collaboration of surgical and interventional teams.
Post-Intensive Care Unit (P.ICU) and OH.ICU Divisions
These fully equipped divisions furnish patients with the required intensive care after open-heart surgery with the aid of hard-working medical personnel. The ICU-OH and 3 units of POST-ICU have the capacity of 40 and 55 sick beds, respectively. In addition, there is a dedicated Dialysis Unit in the ICU Division, rendering service for patients requiring further analysis.
Angiographic & Post-Catheterization Divisions
This division is comprised of 6 units, where all the following diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization procedures are carried out by the corresponding expert interventionists: Coronary and peripheral artery angioplasty and angiography, endovascular surgery of abdominal arteries, and correction of genetic and congenital cardiovascular defects. This division also offers diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiological procedures and, in particular cardiac mapping and implantation of transient or permanent pacemakers or permanent pacemakers or defibrillators (ICDs).
Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)
Tehran Heart Center possesses 5 CCU Divisions with a total capacity of 72 sick beds. Four units with 12 single bedrooms are located on the third floor, and 1 unit with 12 double bedrooms is situated on the fifth floor. At the cutting edge of technology and design, these units account for the best-equipped CCUs in the country. All CCU patients are visited daily by cardiologists and are under the special care of CCU-trained nurses.
Post-Cardiac Care Unit (P.CCU)
This division comprises 6 fully equipped P.CCUs with 12 double-bed rooms and a total capacity of 144 sick beds. Patients receive care from qualified nurses and can enjoy such facilities as televisions, telephones, refrigerators, and en-suite bathrooms.
Surgical Divisions
Tehran Heart Centre features 5 surgical wards with a total hospitalization capacity of 120 patients during pre and post-operative periods. In each ward, there are 12 rooms with two sick beds as well as an en-suite bathroom, television, telephone, and refrigerator. Patients are hospitalized in these wards to undergo pre-operative evaluations and to receive appropriate information on the procedure. Following the required post-operative stay in the P.ICU, patients are returned to these wards until they have completed the treatment duration.
Emergency Division
The Emergency Department consists of a triage unit, examination and EKG room, CPR room, and CCU. Outfitted with state-of-the-art echocardiography and exercise test machines, this department renders round-the-clock diagnostic services. In addition, the financial and administrative procedures of the patients have been greatly facilitated in this department thanks to the accessibility of the admission section and bank.
Clinical Divisions
The clinical divisions consist of the following units: Internal, Intervention and Surgery, Cardiac Risk Factors, PT Control and Adjustment, Echocardiography (7 parts), Exercise Test, Spirometry, Holter Cardiac, and Blood Pressure Monitoring, Pacemaker Analysis, Tilt Test, Electrocardiograms (ECG), and Wound Care Supplies. All the above units are active on both morning and evening shifts. In the Echocardiography Unit, all related procedures such as stress echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are conducted by experienced subspecialists.
Hemodialysis Division
In this division, 5 hemodialysis machines manned by assiduous personnel work around the clock to provide the required services for hospitalized patients.
Tehran Heart Center Paraclinical Divisions
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division
The laboratory is an integral component of a healthcare system. Indeed, 70% of all clinical decisions are believed to be made based on laboratory tests, the goal of which is to assist in diagnosis, confirm the diagnosis, or determine the prognosis of a disease.
The Laboratory of Tehran Heart Center, consisting of clinical and pathology labs and boasting well-trained personnel and state-of-the-art equipment, seeks to render round-the-clock, prompt services to patients referring to the center from across the country.
The Laboratory of Tehran Heart Center draws upon the highest domestic and international standards in its quality control process of all test stages, as attested to by the Quality Certificate awarded to the center by the Health Reference Laboratory of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The rising trend in the quality and quantity of services in our laboratory continues apace: The Molecular Pathology and Cellular-Molecular Techniques Department has become fully operational in recent years and a considerable number of basic science and clinical research projects have been conducted in collaboration with various other Iranian and international centers.
The Laboratory of Tehran Heart Center renders the following services (average per annum):
Biochemistry 1,000,000 tests
Cardiac markers 120,000 tests
Coagulation 170,000 tests
Hematology and Blood bank 104,000 tests
Microbiology 34,000 tests
ABG 52,000 tests
Hormonology 22,000 tests
Immunology/Serology 48,000 tests
Pathology/Cytology 3,000 tests
Pharmacies
The procurement, medicine dispensation, and disposable medical equipment units of the pharmacy offer their services in a network of pharmacies in a non-centralized manner. This network is comprised of the following:
Central Pharmacy, covering the inpatient departments,
Operating Theater Pharmacy, covering the operating rooms and ICU-OH,
Angiography department Pharmacy, covering the various units of this department,
Emergency department Pharmacy, covering this department 24 hours a day, and
Outpatient Department, covering the needs of patients referring to the clinics.
All the above-mentioned pharmacies operate separately under the supervision of one single management unit.
Dental Division
Dental care is vital for patients requiring long-term treatment with anti-coagulant and anti-thrombosis drugs due to cardiac valve replacement or drug-eluting stent implantation. This division provides dentistry and consultation services for ambulatory patients and those scheduled for the aforementioned cardiac procedures.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Division
Cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac rehab) is a professionally supervised program to help people recover from heart attacks, heart surgery, and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures such as stenting and angioplasty. Cardiac rehab programs usually provide education and counseling services to help heart patients increase physical fitness. Reduce cardiac symptoms, improve health, and reduce the risk of future heart problems. Including heart attack. Cardiac rehabilitation is the process by which a person who is suffering from ischemic heart disease, or who has had a myocardial infarction (MI), is encouraged to achieve their full potential in terms of physical and psychological support, exercise training, and behavioral change.
Cardiac rehabilitation at Tehran Heart Center starts as soon as you go into the hospital for your angioplasty or surgery. A member of the cardiac rehabilitation team: (physician physiotherapist nurses, psychologist, nutritionist).
24-session monitoring exercises (treadmill, bike & arm ergometry) and nonmonitoring (aerobic & strengthening exercises & physical therapy) you should also be invited to join a cardiac rehabilitation program starting about 3 or 4 weeks after you leave the hospital.
Central Sterilization Room (CSR)
This division covers an area of about 1,000 square meters and comprises washing, packing, and sterile rooms providing all washing, desiccation, packing, and sterilization services for the surgical rooms as well as the angiography and clinical wards. There are 4 autoclave apparatuses, some washing machines equipped with an ultrasound system, 2 sterilization machines using ethylene oxide, and packing machines, all of them active around the clock. The division and its experienced personnel are under the continuous supervision of the Nursing Office and Infection Control Committee. Every day, about 2000 kg of patients’ dresses and medical instruments are sterilized and packed in the CSR.
Public Relations
The Public Relations Division is the bridge between the hospital and the outside via state-of-the-art electronic equipment and seeks to attain the long-term goals and policies set by the hospital’s top executives. This vital role encompasses a wide range of activities, including not only receiving the patient's and their companions’ comments, suggestions, and complaints and analyzing them to constantly improve the services rendered but also managing and overseeing the personnel’s welfare affairs and funds as well as sports and cultural activities in the halls, amphitheaters, and sports facilities within the hospital.
Department of Cardiovascular Research
Tehran Heart Center pays special heed to cutting-edge scientific research to that end, The Research Department, enjoying the collaboration of 30 general physicians and specialists and drawing upon an extremely rich databank, carries out an average of 50 empirical and clinical research projects including those on lab animals in the fully equipped operating room of the center Empirical Research Department and presents the results in internationally renowned scientific journals. Tehran Heart Center features a quarterly scientific journal, entitled “Journal of Tehran University Heart Center”, which takes advantage of a highly experienced domestic and international editorial board in its publication of the latest in the realm of cardiovascular diseases. The journal succeeded in attaining a PubMed index in 2011.
