Songbei – Cardiology Department

The Department of Cardiology (Cardiac Department)developed from the Department of General Internal Medicine, which was established in September 2014 and reorganized as the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine in December 2017, in order to improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, reflect the specialized advantages of a Grade III Class A hospital in providing disease-specific treatment, and highlight the department's characteristics. The department currently has 11 cardiologists, all with master's degrees or higher, including 1 chief physician and 1 associate chief physician, as well as 12 nurses, 11 with bachelor's degrees, 1 with a junior-college degree, 4 nurse supervisors, and 7 nurses with the professional title of nurse practitioner. It has 53 general beds and 4 intensive-care beds. The department has one cardiac catheterization laboratory costing more than 10 million yuan and one cardiac electrophysiology laboratory. All beds are equipped with a real-time dynamic remote cardiac monitoring system. After years of efforts by all medical and nursing staff, the Department of Cardiology has gained widespread recognition and trust from patients in Harbin New Area and nearby cities and counties. The annual average number of outpatient visits reaches approximately 25000; the annual average number of discharged patients is approximately 2000-plus. An annual average of more than 500 cardiac interventional procedures are completed, and the department has now become a cardiac disease diagnosis and treatment center for Harbin New Area and nearby cities and counties. The department's doctors respond to the calls of the Party, the government, and the hospital, regularly providing free consultations at community hospitals of the “medical consortium” and fulfilling the promise of bringing health to the community. The department also undertakes the teaching responsibilities of the standardized residency training base of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University and the National Cardiac Interventional Treatment Training Base. It has trained qualified resident physicians and cardiac interventional treatment physicians. It undertakes multiple scientific research projects at various levels, and high-quality scientific research papers are published in important domestic and international journals every year. The Department of Cardiology has strong medical and nursing technical capabilities and advanced equipment, providing a strong guarantee for curing your heart disease; the wards are spacious and bright, potted plants remain green throughout the year, the two corridors feature landscape pictures, and oil paintings are pleasing to the eye, providing you with a warm environment during your hospitalization. Scope of diagnosis and treatment: coronary heart disease (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction), hypertension, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease, myocardial diseases, arrhythmias (premature beats, atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, sick sinus syndrome, conduction block), heart failure, etc. Diagnostic and treatment technologies: routine electrocardiography, 3D cardiac color Doppler echocardiography, electrocardiographic treadmill exercise testing, 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiography, real-time dynamic remote cardiac monitoring, one-stop coronary artery imaging and myocardial metabolism examination (TOF-PET/CT/MR), coronary angiography, measurement of the fractional flow reserve of the coronary arteries, intracardiac electrophysiological examination, etc. Featured treatment technologies: coronary interventional treatment, intravascular imaging technologies such as IVUS and OCT, emergency PCI and intravenous thrombolytic treatment for acute myocardial infarction, radiofrequency ablation for arrhythmias, permanent cardiac pacemaker implantation, interventional occlusion for congenital heart disease, mitral balloon valvuloplasty, and treatment of refractory heart failure using the dual microinfusion-pump method. Prevention of heart disease: the specialist clinic provides consultation on heart disease prevention, as well as cardiac assessment and health guidance for “migratory bird-style” elderly people before and after migration.