Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp

Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp Limited was established in 1993 in Trinidad and Tobago with the goal of making open heart surgery and advanced cardiac care accessible to patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases in Trinidad and Tobago and across the Caribbean. Prior to its formation, the incidence of open heart surgical procedures being performe... d locally was rare, the prevailing trend at the time being that patients requiring heart surgery and complex cardiology procedures necessitated travel abroad for medical attention. Over the past 16 to 20 years, CHCm has grown both in experience and expertise, and we now perform 300 to 400 heart surgeries annually including highly complex paediatric cases. Our low morbidity and mortality statistics are equally impressive positioning us among the best-rated cardiovascular treatment centres in the world. Much of CHCm's success is attributable to the experience and expertise of our team of heart surgeons, cardiologists and interventionalists. In addition to internationally trained and qualified local surgeons, we have had the distinct advantage of having worked with prominent international surgeons and cardiac specialists who have come to Trinidad from across the continents including the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Israel, India, Sri Lanka, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela. Over the years, CHCm's relationship with ASCARDIO Cardiovascular Institute in Venezuela - (also a training institute for Cardiologists and Interventional Cardiologists) developed to the point where in September 2007, our two institutions officially entered into a partnering agreement. The first such venture of its kind in the Caribbean, this new partnership brings to us ASCARDIO's 30-plus years' experience in cardiology services including its an outstanding track record of having performed over 30,000 catheterizations and 1.5 million cardiac patient consultations. Moreover, it puts CHCm in the unique position of being the only heart care institution locally and regionally to ...Read More