Advance Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation This sub-specialty focuses on the care of patients with severe heart failure, including those who may require advanced treatments from multidisciplinary team or heart transplantation.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Teerapat Yingchoncharoen
Dr. Aekarach Ariyachaipanich
Heart Failure Specialist & Heart Tranplantation
Heart Failure Specialist & Heart Tranplantation
Treatment approaches
Medications
Use of an automated implantable cardioverter- de brillator (AICD)
Use of a permanent pacemaker.
Use of a ventricular assist device (VAD)
Heart transplant surgery
Prevention
Weigh yourself every day. Body weight should not increase more than 1 kg per day.
Exercise appropriately.
Drink the right amount of water.
Keep observing one’s own symptoms.
Consume no more than 2,000 mg of sodium per day (or 1 teaspoon of salt)
Keep doctor’s appointments as scheduled.
Do not smoke or drink alcohol.
Take medications as prescribed by your doctor.
2022 Summary Advanced heart failure
• Clinical care program certi cation by JCI • First and only private hospital in Thailand with heart transplant capability. 100 % 1 year surival rate after heart transplantation 0 % Complications
Dr. Piyachat Pipatpongsopon
Dr. Manasawee Vassara
Cardiologist, Heart failure specialist
Cardiologist, Heart failure specialist
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