Rambam Medical Center is a JCI-accredited academic hospital in Haifa, Israel. Recognized among Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals and Smart Hospitals. Its top specialties include pediatrics, bone marrow transplantation, and IVF – with Nobel Prize-winning doctors on staff.
Rambam Medical Center is a JCI-accredited academic hospital in Haifa, Israel. Recognized among Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals and Smart Hospitals. Its top specialties include pediatrics, bone marrow transplantation, and IVF – with Nobel Prize-winning doctors on staff.
Sejong Hospital offers right axillary thoracotomy for infant VSD repair, with no sternal incision and a scar hidden beneath the arm. The approach is available for infants from 2 months old weighing 4–6 kg. The hospital has earned South Korea’s heart-specialized hospital designation five consecutive times, the only hospital to do so. Care options also include catheter-based closure, standard sternotomy, and transfusion-free heart surgery, with dedicated congenital and fetal cardiology clinics.
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Emsey Hospital is a multi-specialty medical center on the Asian side of Istanbul. It is the first hospital to receive the International Health Tourism Authorization Certificate (001) from the Turkish Ministry of Health. The hospital is especially known for orthopedics, spine surgery, bone marrow transplantation, and oncology.
Emsey Hospital is a multi-specialty medical center on the Asian side of Istanbul. It is the first hospital to receive the International Health Tourism Authorization Certificate (001) from the Turkish Ministry of Health. The hospital is especially known for orthopedics, spine surgery, bone marrow transplantation, and oncology.
Interbalkan European Medical Center is a multidisciplinary hospital linked with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. It specializes in robotic surgery, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, and oncology. The center belongs to Athens Medical Group, Greece's largest hospital network.
Interbalkan European Medical Center is a multidisciplinary hospital linked with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. It specializes in robotic surgery, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, and oncology. The center belongs to Athens Medical Group, Greece's largest hospital network.
Prof de Emin Tireli leads cardiac surgery at Estophia Hospital, a multi-specialty center in Istanbul. Diagnostics start from $117 for a consultation. Coronary angiography may cost $700–$1,200. Open heart surgery typically runs $8,000–$15,000, while a complete VSD closure package is around $18,000. This all-inclusive program covers a 10-day hospital stay, 4 nights in a hotel, airport transfers, a PET/CT scan, and interpreter services.
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital is Korea's first digital hospital, featuring the BESTcare system for enhanced treatment safety. The multidisciplinary center specializes in cardiac care among other fields, handling 1.5 million patients annually.
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JCI accreditation and Turkey’s first SAS/ISQua quality certificate distinguish Private Koru Ankara Hospital’s cardiac services. Its pediatric cardiology team offers fetal echocardiography for prenatal diagnosis and birth planning. A multidisciplinary Heart Team brings surgeons, cardiologists, and anesthesiologists together to guide care. Options include catheter-based closure, open-heart correction, medical management, and hybrid procedures. Surgical care is supported by a heart-lung machine, ECMO, and IABP, followed by specialized intensive care and cardiac rehabilitation.
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Severance Hospital's cardiovascular center provides specialized care for ventricular septal defects, backed by JCI accreditation and Yonsei University's multidisciplinary expertise. The hospital serves 1.6 million outpatients annually with comprehensive pediatric and adult cardiac services.
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Hospital Havelhoehe is a Berlin hospital built on anthroposophic medicine. It blends standard treatments with creative therapies such as drawing, music, and rhythmic massage. It earned a 90% patient satisfaction rating from Techniker Krankenkasse.
Hospital Havelhoehe is a Berlin hospital built on anthroposophic medicine. It blends standard treatments with creative therapies such as drawing, music, and rhythmic massage. It earned a 90% patient satisfaction rating from Techniker Krankenkasse.
Dr. Lorber focuses specifically on diagnosing and treating structural heart problems like VSDs at Rambam Medical Center.
Dr. Avraham Lorber is a pediatric cardiologist at Rambam Medical Center. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Lorber graduated from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He provides interventional treatment for children with congenital and structural heart disease. Dr. Lorber practices at Meyer Children's Hospital in Haifa.
Rambam Medical Center is a JCI-accredited academic hospital in Haifa, Israel. Recognized among Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals and Smart Hospitals. Its top specialties include pediatrics, bone marrow transplantation, and IVF – with Nobel Prize-winning doctors on staff.
Dr. Sungho Kim is a pediatric cardiologist at Sejong Hospital in Incheon. He has performed more than 1,200 pediatric and congenital cardiac interventions. Dr. Kim specializes in treating heart defects without open-heart surgery. He uses catheter-based methods for ASD, VSD, and tetralogy of Fallot.
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The operation repairs a hole in the heart\"s wall, improving blood flow and reducing health risks, enhancing patient\"s life quality.
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