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Italy, Milan

San Donato Hospital

4.9 32 reviews

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91% patients recommend
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About the clinic

1969
Year of foundation
350
doctors
430
beds
300000
patients
8400
Operations per year

Policlinico San Donato is a leading Italian clinic for cardiology and cardiac surgery.

Doctors perform over 9,400 open and minimally invasive operations on the heart and blood vessels annually. It is the largest number in the country.

Сardiology, heart surgery, arrhythmology, and rehabilitation are the top specialities in San Donato Hospital.

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Special offers
Radiofrequency ablation Online Consultation with Urologist Online Consultation with Cardiologist Online Consultation with Heart Surgeon Online Consultation with Vascular Surgeon
Radiofrequency ablation | 3D CART $20080
Online Consultation with Urologist Price on request
Online Consultation with Cardiologist $383
Online Consultation with Heart Surgeon $383
Online Consultation with Vascular Surgeon $383

Treatments prices in the clinic
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Last price update — 29.04.2022. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Cardiology
diagnostics
ECG $40
Echocardiography $150
Heart MRI $490
Online Consultation with Heart Surgeon $350
Online Consultation with Cardiologist $350
treatment
Radiofrequency ablation $18100
Heart Surgery
diagnostics
Holter monitoring $120
treatment
Heart Valve Replacement $36700
Coronary stenting $12900
Replacement of the aortic valve $36700
Plastic Surgery
treatment
Liposuction Price on request
Orthopedics
treatment
Hip replacement Price on request
Weight Loss Surgery
treatment
Sleeve gastrectomy $9000
Gastric bypass $9000
Oncology
treatment
Breast cancer surgery $7000 - $7500
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) $6000
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
treatment
Coronary angioplasty $12900
Coronary angiography $4800
Phlebology
treatment
Carotid endarterectomy $12900
Diagnostics
diagnostics
MRI of one area $260 - $460
CT of the chest $345 - $460
Doppler sonography (ultrasonography, duplex angioscanning) vessels $120
Periapical X-ray $110
Surgery
diagnostics
Online Consultation with Vascular Surgeon $350

Clinic Doctors

hospital accreditations of quality

Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare Accrediatation
IRCCS accreditation is given to the medical centers which combine medical assistance with research activity. The Italian Ministry of Health grants IRCCS accreditation to the limited number of institutions across the country.
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World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek
The authoritative list of The World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek magazine honors medical centers according to key medical performance indicators, patient satisfaction data, and recommendations from global medical experts. The ranking is composed in partnership with data research company Statista.
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San Donato Hospital: more details about the clinic

Italy, Milan

Policlinico San Donato was founded in 1969. It is a part of Gruppo Ospedale San Donato, which accepts over 4 million patients every year.

San Donato Hospital establishes international projects for congenital heart defects treatment. Medical team of the hospital has operated more than 3,000 children around the world under these projects.

Advantages of Policlinico San Donato

  • Top Italian doctors. The best Italian cardiologists and cardiac surgeons work at San Donato. Prof. Lorenzo Menicanti — ex-president of the Italian Society of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Prof. Carlo Pappone — the world's leading specialist in arrhythmology with over 130,000 radiofrequency ablation (RFA) performed, are among them.
  • The best treatment results in Europe. The success rate of cardiac surgeries in San Donato Clinic is 97%. It is one of the highest results among European medical centers.
  • 10 modern operating rooms (OR). All OR have the latest medical technologies for open and endovascular (through a catheter) interventions. The Operating Unit is equipped with telepresence robots connecting a patient and a doctor at any time.

San Donato Hospital in figures

Cardiac Surgery Center

San Donato Heart Surgery Unit is No.1 in Italy because of the amount of operations performed. Since its establishment doctors have been conducting more than 50,000 interventions. Every year 17,000 patients undergo treatment here.

The Center of Cardiac Surgery employs 140 physicians: surgeons, cardiologists, arrhythmologists, anesthesiologists and radiologists.

Medical team of the center has performed:

  • 1,800 surgeries for ischemic cardiomyopathy treatment
  • 20,000 coronary artery bypass surgeries
  • 20,000 heart valve operations.

Operation room, Clinica San Donato Milan

Interventional Cardiology Department

San Donato cardiologists specialize in endovascular operations for the treatment of heart and vessel diseases. Surgeons perform them using a thin and long catheter without skin incisions. The recovery period after such a procedure is much easier compared with open surgeries and lasts only 1-2 days.

Coronary angioplasty


Angioplasty is a procedure to treat narrowed or obstructed arteries of the heart. There are 2 types of angioplasty — balloon surgery and stenting.

Cardiologists perform balloon operation with a small balloon placed in the vessel to increase the amount of blood flowing through the artery. After the procedure doctors put out the balloon.

Stenting is performed with a metal or plastic tube called a stent to increase artery permeability. A stent stays in the vessels for at least 10 years.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)


This is a minimally invasive procedure to replace a heart valve. Usually, doctors carry out a sternotomy (chest opening) to implant a new valve, but TAVI can be done with a small puncture or incision.

Cardiologists insert a catheter with an artificial valve in a vessel. Doctors open the implant like an “umbrella” near the flaps of the old valve and fixate it there. It is an image-guided operation allowing doctors precisely to control the valve movement through the vessels.

Arrhythmology Department

According to the San Donato data, the Arrhythmology Department is the best in Europe to treat cardiac arrhythmia.

There are 45 hospital beds and 12 twenty-four-hour ECG monitoring devices with telemedicine in the department. ECG allows to connect patients with their physicians at any time.

3 operating rooms are equipped with modern devices including the latest X-ray systems. They produce less X-ray emission than previous models and are safer for patients.

Doctors specialize in the following procedures:

  • radiofrequency catheter ablation
  • pacemaker insertion
  • defibrillator implantation
  • cardiac resynchronization therapy to manage heart failure.

Telepresence robot, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato

Accommodation in San Donato Policlinico

Inpatients can stay in general or VIP wards. All rooms are equipped with TV, Internet, call buttons.

There is a hotel on the premises of the clinic, the accommodation there is paid additionally.

Additional services
Transfer
Airport to clinic
$100 - $120
Clinic to airport
$100 - $120
Language assistance
Available
free
Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily
Requirements for admission
Payment methods
Cash
Credit cards
What procedures do patients have most often?
The most common procedures in the hospital are:
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Online Consultation with Urologist
  • Online Consultation with Cardiologist
  • Online Consultation with Heart Surgeon
  • Online Consultation with Vascular Surgeon

Patient reviews

4.9
Excellent score

This hospital ranking is based on various factors, such as:

— number of patients who have chosen this clinic

— review score

— clinic response rate to patient requests

— full information availability and price relevance.

Data is updated every 7 days automatically.

We have developed such an algorithm to make the clinic rating as objective, independent, and useful as possible.

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4 stars
6%
5 stars
94%
San Donato Hospital overall rate includes
3.9/5
Doctor
3.8/5
staff
3.8/5
Facilities
3.9/5
Language assistance
4.7/5
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Раушан - Herniated disk
Italy
Jan 20, 2023
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Кайрат - Ankylosing spondylitis
Kazakhstan
Aug 27, 2022
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Grace - Ultrasound
Italy
Feb 11, 2022
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Сергей - Heart Valve Replacement
Russian Federation
Jan 31, 2022
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Ioana Halunga - Aortic valve insufficiency
Romania
Aug 3, 2021
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The results were better than expected!
Doctor Maisano was great and had a lot of patience explaining the problem to me. It helped me a lot with taking a decision in how to proceed with the treatment. The Bookimed support was great. Always... Read more
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Piazza Edmondo Malan, 2, 20097 San Donato Milanese MI, Italy
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