Cardiology
The Adventist Heart & Vascular Centre (AHVC) is committed to be the premier centre in the northern region of Malaysia outside Kuala Lumpur for complete cardiac services for all ages newborns to elderly. It has been set up with the purpose of meeting the needs of an ever-increasing number of adults and children with heart and vascular problems.
April 7, 2002, marked a milestone for Penang Adventist Hospital with the commissioning of the opening of the Heart & Vascular Centre by YAB Tan Sri Dr Koh Su Koon, Chief Minister of Penang.
Panel of Professionals
- 4 Resident Adult Consultant Cardiologists.
- 7 Associate Consultant Cardiologists.
- 2 Resident Cardiothoracic Surgeons.
- 1 Resident Pediatric Cardiologists.
- 1 Resident Pediatric Surgeons.
- 1 Resident General Physician.
- 1 Vascular Surgeon.
Cardiology Services
- 24-Hour Holter Monitoring
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABP)
- Cardiac Pacemaker Implantation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
- Coronary Angiogram
- Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography (DSE)
- Echocardiogram
- Electrophysiological Studies (EP Study) and Radio Frequency Ablation
- Exercise Stress Echocardiography
- External Counter Pulsation
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) & Coronary Stent Implantation (Stenting)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Mitral Commisurotomy (PTMC)
- Resting ECG
- Stress ECG (Treadmill Exercise)
- Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- Trans-Telephonic ECG