The regional cardiocenter (Barnaul) serves patients throughout the Altai Territory. Modern equipment of the clinic allows for high-tech operations, to increase the number of beds for inpatients, to provide remote consultations for remote areas of the region. The clinic is a leading center for cardiac surgery in Altai.
History of development
Cardiocenter (Barnaul) was opened in 1988. The first complex heart operation using the cardiopulmonary bypass method was performed in 1991, and two years later, coronary artery bypass grafting operations began. To date, such complex surgical interventions are carried out normally.
Since 2005, the Regional Cardiocenter (Barnaul) has been a member of many federal programs, which has significantly improved the quality of patient care, made it possible to purchase new modern equipment. The programs “Cardiac Surgery”, “Prevention and Treatment of Arterial Hypertension in the Altai Territory” not only improved the material and technical base, but also allowed to increase the level of professionalism of medical personnel.
In 2007, the new building of the reconstructed resuscitation and surgical unit was commissioned. The rooms have five operating rooms, intensive care units, and a laboratory complex. In the period 2010-2011, as part of the health sector financing program in the Altai Territory, the cardiocenter (Barnaul) carried out major repairs of most buildings, additional equipment was purchased, and obsolete devices were replaced. Today, the medical center has two angiocomplexes, daily monitors, two portable ultrasound machines and much more.
Medicine for everyone
Cardiocenter (Barnaul) is one of the largest specialized medical institutions in the Altai Territory, where the best professionals work. Not everyone can get an appointment, so the administration of the clinic organized field work. Within a month, the center’s doctors send several times to remote medical institutions where they consult, diagnose, and make appointments. Also, on-site visits identify patients with ailments, the further treatment of which occurs on the basis of AKKD.
Thanks to the Tele-Alton remote counseling system, doctors from hospitals have the opportunity to receive professional support from cardiocenter specialists and, if necessary, transfer patients with severe pathologies to treatment at AKKB. More than 2600 consultations are held annually, and more than 1000 patients are delivered for treatment per year.
To date, the cardiocenter (Barnaul) is staffed by 650 employees, of which 170 are highly qualified doctors. Cardiology dispensary AKKB is the basis for the scientific activities of the three departments of the Altai Medical University. Here, Altai cardiologists undergo postgraduate training and advanced training, future medical workers and graduate students are trained. Clinic surgeons perform more than 11,000 operations of varying degrees of complexity per year.
Branches
Cardiocenter (Barnaul) on Malakhova is a modern specialized medical institution equipped with advanced equipment. The clinic has 14 departments, its own laboratory for a wide range of tests. The clinic is visited daily by up to 500 people per shift, up to 256 people can be hospitalized at the same time, the number of beds for patients with the cardiovascular department is 70.
Cardiocenter departments:
- Reception All types of emergency and inpatient care, initial consultations and initial diagnostics are provided. A cardiology center in the Tele-Alton system operates on the base of the department.
- Dispensary department. Reception is underway in such areas as cardiology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, arrhythmology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, etc. Any resident of the Altai Territory can seek help, recording is done using the Remote Registry system.
- Two cardiosurgical departments, where the most complicated operations on vascular bypass surgery, prosthetics, removal of neoplasms are performed, interventions on a “working heart” and many others are introduced. In addition to cardiac muscle operations, cardiac surgeons perform vascular operations, such as endarterectomy, phlebectomy, shunt interventions, etc.
- Four cardiology departments.
- Department for patients with acute myocardial infarction. It accepts patients around the clock, delivery of patients is carried out with the duration of a heart attack up to a day, emergency care is provided, invasive methods of treatment and diagnosis are practiced.
- Department of X-ray surgical methods of treatment.
- Two departments of anesthesiology and intensive care.
- Clinical diagnostic laboratory. Conducts a range of analyzes according to 250 methods, provides services for inpatients and patients of the clinic. Research is carried out in the following areas: hematology, lipid, immunological, and others. Patients receive results within one working day.
- Clinical Pharmacology.
- Department of functional diagnostics. Studies are being conducted - ECG, pharmacological tests, VEM, treadmillometry, spirography, etc.
- Day hospital.
Work with the population
The Cardiocenter (Barnaul) not only cares about the recovery of patients, but also seeks to improve their further quality of life, and also carries out educational work on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. On the basis of the dispensary, there are:
- Cabinet of rehabilitation treatment. Doctors of the department carry out therapeutic measures for patients who have undergone surgical intervention, such as coronary artery bypass grafting, installing a pacemaker, etc. An individual program is developed for each patient, taking into account the recommendations of the surgeon and the attending physician.
- A school designed for patients with coronary heart disease. Classes are informational in nature, a course is presented, consisting of eight lectures, which discusses the main types of heart and vascular diseases, methods of their prevention. Lectures are given both for groups and individually, consultations are held.
Types of cardiocenter services
The following types of services are provided in the Altai Cardiocenter:
- Providing emergency and primary medical care, including a system of distance counseling and monitoring.
- The provision of highly specialized types of medical services, including cardiac surgery of high complexity.
- Providing emergency medical care for residents of the city of Barnaul and the region.
- The provision of rehabilitation services for patients after acute heart disease and surgery.
- Conducting preventive, educational activities in the region.
- Expert assessment of cardiological care.
- On the basis of the cardiocenter, pre- and postgraduate medical practice takes place.
Useful information for the patient.
In the cardiocenter (Barnaul), patients can apply in several ways:
- Advance appointment. It is carried out for patients who have a referral from the attending physician of the clinic to which the patient is assigned. The therapist makes an appointment with the patient through the Remote Registry system. The registry of the cardiology center should be contacted no later than 30 minutes before the start of the reception indicated on the coupon.
- The patient can independently apply to the center’s registry, having in his hands the direction of the attending physician of his clinic.
When contacting an AKKD specialist, you must have a referral from the clinic, a compulsory health insurance policy, a passport / birth certificate, for pensioners - a pension insurance certificate, the results of analyzes and studies. Based on the results of the initial diagnosis, the specialist will diagnose or prescribe additional studies, the basis for which will be the cardiocenter (Barnaul).
Doctors of the clinic have the highest and first degree of qualification, many defended doctoral and candidate dissertations. Each of them considers it his duty to constantly increase the level of professionalism, to be in the know about the innovations of cardiomedicine and to pay maximum attention to each patient who applies.
Positive reviews
Each year, a large number of patients seek professional help and advice at a cardiocenter (Barnaul). Reviews with positive ratings tell about the high level of training of medical personnel, an attentive approach to severe patients. Many liked the technical base, equipment, well-groomed clinic. Some patients note that in the inpatient department, food is provided at the proper level, there is no need to purchase medications. Also, patients say that at the time of discharge everyone will receive personalized recommendations for further treatment, a list of necessary drugs and detailed instructions on how to take them.
Negative reviews
In negative reviews, patients complain about the impolite attitude of the clinic reception staff. There are reviews telling about the incompetence of specialists or about poor contact between the doctor and the patient, when the patient cannot understand the causes, course and consequences of his illness. Cases are described when cardiologists could not help a seriously ill patient due to circumstances - lack of equipment, too long lines for planned hospitalization, etc.
Relatives in such situations often express distrust in the preparation of the doctor or the clinic as a whole. The administration of the institution quickly responds to such statements, always invites dissatisfied parties to dialogue and solve the problem.
Address and contacts
The Cardiocenter (Barnaul) has the following address: Malakhova Street, Building 46. The registry telephone is multi-channel, which is very convenient. Opening hours - from 07:30 to 20:00.
The clinic can be reached by public transport:
- Bus routes - No. 53 and 57.
- Trolleybus route - No. 6.
- Minibuses - No. 11, 18, 144, 58.78, etc.