Comprehensive Care for Your Heart
Technological advancements, coupled with heart healthy practices, have the power to transform cardiovascular care.
World Heart Day calls for us all to prioritize cardiovascular health, to protect our communities from the world’s biggest killer.
Experts from Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute emphasize the importance of knowledge and advancements in heart health care when it comes to tackling heart disease.
Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care
Heart health requires a comprehensive approach. Attending timely check-ups, following prescribed treatments, and maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle are vital for managing heart conditions. Knowing the symptoms and signs of heart attack, heart failure and cardiac arrest is very important.
By staying informed, and seeking expert medical interventions, we can all protect ourselves. The field of heart health has been transformed by remarkable technological advancements, many of which have revolutionized the diagnosis, treatment, and management of cardiovascular diseases.
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Technological advances in Heart Health
Technological advancements in heart surgery have changed the way heart disease is diagnosed, treated and managed.
From artificial intelligence (AI) to sophisticated implanted devices, these cardiovascular innovations provide safer, more effective treatment options, offering shorter recovery times and improved quality of life for cardiovascular patients.
At Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, our dedicated team of heart experts offer patients access to many of these innovations, supporting early detection and advanced treatment, as well as post-operative care and rehabilitation.
Advanced procedures in heart surgery include:
- Minimally invasive heart surgery: Complex heart surgeries with greater precision, fewer complications, smaller incisions, reduced blood loss, faster recovery, and less pain.
- Artificial intelligence: AI and machine learning algorithms enhance cardiac imaging interpretation, predict patient outcomes, personalize treatments, and alert healthcare providers of critical events.
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR): A minimally invasive procedure replacing diseased aortic valves without the need for open-heart surgery.
- Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR): Allows repair of the mitral valve without open surgery.
- Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs): A range of technologies that assist the left ventricle in pumping blood.
- Coronary artery bypass surgery: We offer innovative, non-invasive bypass options for eligible patients, supporting faster recovery. We are the only program in the UAE offering high-risk coronary bypass with the standby support of advanced mechanical assistance and the use of an artificial heart for patients with late-stage heart failure.
- Heart transplants: The UAE’s first and only multi-organ transplant center, and the first to perform a heart transplant, we offer Proximie technology, a platform that allows surgeons to virtually attend operating theaters or cath labs.
Understanding heart disease
Heart disease remains the UAE’s biggest killer, and it now affects more young people than ever before.
Lifestyle and family history are important contributing factors to heart disease, but there are things you can do to protect yourself. Understanding what is putting you at risk and making changes are the first steps.
Risk factors for heart disease
A number of conditions and habits can increase your risk of developing heart disease. Risk factors include:
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Obesity
- Physical inactivity
- Smoking
Preventing heart disease
The good news is many heart diseases are caused by risk factors that can be controlled, modified or treated. Making healthier lifestyle choices such as eating a balanced diet, taking regular exercise, quitting smoking, and attending heart screening, can all reduce the risk of heart disease.
Know the signs of a heart attack
For anyone living with heart disease, knowing the signs and symptoms of a heart attack could save your life. Learn more here.
Cardiac screening
At Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, our heart and vascular experts are here to help you to protect yourself and take the first step towards a healthier heart.
Cardiac screening is a check-up for your heart. Testing for a range of conditions that could impact your health, screening gives you a clear understanding of the current health of your heart and what you need to change.
With so many people in the UAE living with at least one risk factor for heart disease, experts recommend all adults attend regular cardiac screening to know their risk.
Our comprehensive heart screening includes:
- Consultation with an expert Consultant Cardiologist
- General labs
- Renal screening
- Lipids screening
- Metabolic and inflammation screening
- Coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy screening
Meet Our Team
Our Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute is led by some of the world’s most respected cardiologists and heart, vascular and thoracic surgeons. Offering treatment from prevention programs through to surgical procedures and rehabilitation, at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, your health is in safe hands.