Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Mohammed Al-Obaidi talks about the Cardiology services available at Spire Thames Valley Hospital
Cardiology is one of the specilities at Spire Thames Valley Hospital and is the only private hospital in the area to have a full service cardiology unit, which can provide Cardiac Pacemaker implantation. Dr Al-Obaidi, Consultant Cardiologist since 2006, has been implanting those devices at Spire Thames Valley since 2008. Dr Al-Obaidi comments "these devices transformed lives of many patients who otherwise were previously at risk from collapsing and blackouts".
Dr Al-Obaidi in addition provides other services at the hospital, including Transosophageal ECHO (TOE) procedures which is a more advanced ECHO giving clearer pictures of the heart, DC Cardioversion, which restores to normal heart Rhythm abnormalities and implantation of "loop recorders" which are tiny recording machines which help continuous (24/7 up to 3 years) monitoring of the heart to investigate unexplaines episodes of palpatations or dizzy spells.
Dr Al-Obaidi also runs regular general cardiology out-patient clinics as well as special clinics for patients fitted with pace makers for the purpose of interrogating the devices.
Set in secluded grounds, Spire Thames Valley Hospital located near Gerrards Cross offers both adults and children treatments accross a wide range of specialities including Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Urology, Ear, Nose and Throat and Cardiology.
During their stay at Spire Thames Valley Hospital, all patients can expect private en-suite facilities and an excellent level of nursing care from a hospital which has more than 25 years experience.
Younger patients will be cared for by specially trained paediatric nursing team who are on hand to ensure that both the patients and their family's experience is relaxed and comfortable.
Located in the heart of Windsor, the Spire Windsor Clinic offers patietns a convenient second location for their outpatient appointments and any imaging diagnostics which they may need.
The Spire Windsor Clinic houses the local area's only open MRI scanner. Open MRI Scanning can be a great comfort to patients who suffer from anxiety and chlaustrophobia and who often find it difficult to be scanned in the more commonly used tunnel shaped MRI scanners.