Coronary Care Unit
Coronary Care Unit
The coronary care area specializes in the medical care of cardiovascular conditions and the care of patients undergoing cardiac procedures. This encompasses scheduled care, urgent care, and post-procedure care.
One of the benefits of the cardiovascular intensive care unit, compared to other areas, is the specialization of all the staff, both doctors and nurses, who are trained in the care of patients with cardiovascular diseases.
What type of patients are cared for in the cardiovascular intensive care unit?
Patients who are subjected to invasive procedures that require monitoring and recovery as well as medical attention to patients with acute cardiovascular conditions:
Procedures
- Cardiac catheterization.
- Aortic valve replacement by catheterization.
- Treatment of arrhythmias.
- Cardiac surgery.
- Pacemaker placement.
- Defibrillator placement and cardiac resynchronizer.
Medical attention
- Acute myocardial infarction.
- Heart failure.
- Arrhythmias.
- Pulmonary embolism.
- Infectious endocarditis.
Facilities
The coronary care unit has 6 rooms for intermediate care and 10 rooms for intensive care.
- Coronary intensive care unit
The intensive care rooms are functional and equipped spaces that allow the care of the most critical patients in the area. Each room has a monitor which allows monitoring the patient in a non-invasive and invasive way. This monitor is connected to the nurses’ station and the doctors’ work area where they can continuously view vital signs and identify the monitor’s alarms. The intensive care rooms have the necessary conditions for the care of patients who require tracheal intubation, advanced therapies to replace kidney function such as hemodialysis, as well as advanced circulatory support therapies (artificial heart). - Intermediate coronary care unit
Intermediate therapy rooms allow non-invasive monitoring through continuous cardiac telemetry connected to the nurses’ station and the doctors’ work area to detect who may present heart rate disorders, the appearance of arrhythmias, or oxygenation alterations.
Special equipment
The Cardio Intensive Care area has special equipment for patient treatment, some of which are:
- Invasive hemodynamic monitors.
They make it possible to measure cardiac output, pulmonary pressures, and other variables that are important in patients with heart failure or after cardiac surgery. The measurements are made through a pulmonary artery catheter, which allows continuous and invasive measurements to be obtained, allowing better decisions to be made in the patient’s treatment and recovery. - Vascular and heart ultrasound.
Non-invasive tools in the therapy area that can be used for various purposes such as: guiding invasive procedures; insertion of catheters and performing periodic hemodynamic and cardiac assessments in patients. - Intra-aortic balloon pump.
Cardiac assist device that helps decrease the workload on the heart and provides a percentage of cardiac output. It is used in patients who will undergo high-risk cardiac procedures, or to support the heart and prevent complications. - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
Support therapy used in patients with isolated severe lung injury, isolated severe cardiac injury (deep cardiogenic shock), or severe cardiopulmonary injury. This therapy is very specialized and requires a multidisciplinary team for its placement, monitoring, and removal. This device can replace the heart and/or lung function in extremely critical patients.
The ABC Medical Center’s Coronary Care Unit at the Observatorio Campus offers highly specialized cardiovascular care focusing on quality and warmth.
Our Locations
At ABC Medical Center, we are prepared to serve you in out two Campuses 24/24h, 7 days a week.
Campus Observatorio
Sur 136 No. 116, Col. Las Américas,
Álvaro Obregón, 01120, Cd. de México.
Tel. 55 5230 8000
Campus Santa Fe
Av. Carlos Graef Fernández 154, Col. Santa Fe,
Cuajimalpa, 05300, Cd. de México.
Tel. 55 1103 1600
