Life Clinic Johannesburg Hospital is recognised as a leader in the provision of cardiac services, including cardiac transplantation. The Cardiology Department and its cardiologists provide a full suite of non-invasive and invasive cardiac diagnostic and treatment services, including:
- Electrocardiography
- Holter and event monitoring
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Echocardiography - transthoracic, transoesophageal and stress echocardiography and 3D imaging
- Cardiac nuclear medicine imaging
- CT coronary angiography (CTCA)
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Cardiac catheterisation and coronary angiography
- Percutaneous coronary interventions and stenting
- Structural heart disease interventions, including percutaneous aortic and mitral valve replacement, closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale, balloon mitral valvuloplasty and closure of the left atrial appendage
- Cardiac electrophysiology (EP) services, including diagnostic EP, pacemaker and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) insertion, cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) and ablation of arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation
- Advanced heart failure management, including cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support
- Pulmonary hypertension management