Cardiology HOSPITALS

Clinic Review

Motol University Hospital in Prague is the leading multidisciplinary clinic of the Czech Republic, in which more than 860,000 outpatients and more than 70,000 inpatients from around the world are annually treated. About 98% of patients get effective treatment here and quickly return to the usual rhythm of life. Motol Hospital is certified by the Czech Commission for the Accreditation of Medical Institutions (SAK). This means that the hospital establishes accurate diagnoses, carries out successful operations, uses the new generation technology and fully meets the patients requirements for the quality and fulfillment of medical services. In the clinic there are:

• 12 children's specialized departments;
• 21 department for adults;
• 13 general departments;
• Center for Transplantology;
• Children's Heart Center;
• Center for Children with Disabilities.
• Ophthalmological center;
• Center for Reproductive Medicine;
• Blood bank.

 

Features of the Clinic

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY CENTER OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL

The Children's Heart Center of the Motol University Hospital in Czech Republic is popular in Europe. The main field of its activity is the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired diseases of the cardiovascular system, disorders of the heart rhythm and heart failure. Children and teenagers from 0 to 18 years old come for treatment to the cardiocenter. In some cases, the center assists adults (who need highly qualified treatment for congenital heart disease). Annually about 500 operations for the correction of congenital heart diseases in children and about 250 medical catheterizations are performed in the center. The Children's Cardiology Center is the guarantor of postgraduate training in pediatric cardiology in the Czech and takes part in teaching students in the specialty "pediatrics" at the 2nd medical faculty of the Charles University Prague. The results of scientific research of the center's staff are published annually in prestigious scientific and medical journals. Experts cardiologists and cardiosurgeons of the Motol hospital are the most popular in the country.

• Cardiology department with 18 stationary places + 6 intensive care units (also help with accommodating accompanying persons of the hospitalized children);
• Intensive care unit for 12 patients;
• Department of functional diagnostics (laboratory of echocardiography, catheterization and electrophysiology);
• 2 high-tech operating rooms with artificial circulation;
• Departments of the polyclinic (cardiology outpatient clinic and outpatient unit for arrhythmia and pacemakers).

CENTER OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY AT THE MOTOL CLINIC PRAGUE

Doctors of the unit are engaged in the diagnosis and therapy of gynecological and female urological diseases. Women are seeking help for artificial insemination in the Reproductive Medicine Center which is functioning since 1995. They use advanced methods of IVF, which allow patients to quickly become pregnant and deliver a healthy baby. Since 2015, the hospital staff are working on research of infertility treatment in women with the help of uterine transplantation. The project works alongside IKEM (Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine) and was recognized by the Ministry of Health in 2015. April 30, 2016 at the University Hospital Motol for the first time in the Czech Republic successfully transplanted the uterus, which became the 14th case of transplantation of this organ in the world. In 2016, there were born 3 602 children. It is worth noting that the specialists of the Motol clinic successfully nurse even premature newborns weighing up to 1000 grams and do it best in the Czech Republic. In 2016, the hospital carried out 487 operations (of which - 3 heart transplants) and 333 catheterizations. Over the past year, 4190 outpatients and 826 inpatients from all over the world turned to the center. The Unit of Female Oncology of the University Hospital Motol is certified by the European Cancer Center (ESGO and EBCOG accreditation) and recognized by the Regional Cancer Center in the field of gynecology. To increase women's chances of long-awaited pregnancy at the Motol hospital, they turn to additional reproductive technologies:

• ICSI is the direct introduction of a sperm into the egg by means of special micromanipulators and a microscope. For ICSI, the embryologist tries to select the fastest and morphologically normal spermatozoa. Used for male factor infertility; IMSI - performed within the framework of ICSI. The IMSI procedure allows you to select the best sperm at a magnification of 6600 times, while the above ICSI technology involves sperm selection at a magnification of 400 times.
• IMSI allows to determine the smallest details of changes in the morphology of spermatozoa. This makes it possible to avoid the pathological development of the future embryo and increases the woman's chances of a healthy pregnancy. PICSI - this method allows you to select the best sperm for ICSI in the Czech Republic, taking into account its biochemical maturity, based on the molecular criteria. PICSI allows to avoid embryos with damaged DNA and chromosomal abnormalities, which increases the probability of successful implantation and reduces the chances of abortion. Cryopreservation (vitrification) in the Motol hospital is the freezing of good quality embryos. It makes it possible to store unused cells for re-implantation.
• Applies in case of failure of the first attempt of IVF. After warming, they practically do not differ from embryos to vitrification. They are also successfully implanted and developed. All embryos undergo warming during auxiliary hatching. During this procedure, its shell is dissected by a laser beam at the safest angle to facilitate the release of the embryo from the envelope and increase the chances of successful implantation.