Cardiology is the branch of medicine concerned with disorders of the cardiovascular system, especially the heart. It includes diagnosing and treating heart failures, congenital heart defects, valvular heart diseases, coronary artery diseases, and electrophysiology.
The cardiology unit requires several types of medical equipment to carry out its various operations to diagnose and treat patients. Here are some of these medical supplies.
Electrocardiogram Machine
An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is a machine that computes the electrical signals from a patient’s heart to test for various heart conditions and to monitor the health of the patient’s heart. Ambulances and operating rooms should also have an electrocardiogram.
Cardiac Monitors
You might require continuous or remote ECG monitoring if your heart condition symptoms often come and go. Your doctor can recommend several types of external cardiac monitors like the Holter monitor and Event monitor, which are both portable wearable devices with slight differences.
An insertable cardiac monitor, also called an implantable loop recorder, is a portable device implanted under the skin of your chest for cardiac monitoring.
Cardiac Pacemaker
An artificial cardiac pacemaker is a device that produces electrical impulses transmitted by electrodes to cause the heart chambers to contract and pump blood to the body. The device replaces and regulates the normal function of your heart’s electrical conduction system.
Cardiac Programmer
The cardiac programmer is a small computer system that monitors cardiac devices in a procedure room and the clinic. The different types of cardiac programmers depend on the type of cardiac device they work with, including the pacemaker programming unit.
Balloon Pump
Balloon angioplasty involves using a minimally invasive cardiac catheterization method to open blocked or narrow arteries and deliver stents. An example is the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), a long, slim, and flexible balloon or catheter that controls blood flow through the aorta.
Coagulation Machine
A coagulation machine or analyzer measures the speed of a coagulation pathway and thromboplastin and thrombin levels in a few minutes. It can specifically handle numerous patients and permits the storage of about 600 tests per well.
The coagulation device simultaneously detects the clotting factors of a patient’s blood through the colorimetric, clotting, and immune principles. It also provides measurements of blood platelet levels in a simple and fast process.
Artificial Heart Valves
Artificial heart valves are one-way valves implanted into a patient’s heart to replace the nonfunctional heart valves in the patient. There are three major classes; engineered tissue valves, bioprosthetic tissue valves, and mechanical heart valves.
A functional heart valve must have the following requirements;
Minimal regurgitation (backward movement of blood).
Smallest transvalvular pressure gradient.
It must be non-thrombogenic (must not cause blood clots).
It must be self-repairing.
Heart Positioners
Heart positioners are devices that easily expose all the coronary arteries during a beating heart surgical operation. They are composed of expandable surgical pads integrated with a sequel of tapes to help control the positioning and rotations of the heart.
Surgical Revascularization devices
A transmyocardial revascularization device uses a laser to create channels within an ischemic myocardium to make better perfusion in the area. This laser device has two types: holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet and CO2. They differ in wavelengths, energy output, laser-tissue interactions, and the ability to harmonize with the heart’s cycle.
All cardiology medical devices must be high-quality and purchased from reliable and reputable sources.
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