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                                                     Division of Cardiology

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital was established in January 1986 and Drs. Sarah Chua, Kuo-Ho Yeh and Yahn-ChyurnWu were the first 3 attending physicians of the Division of Cardiology. The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory was set up in July 1986. At the end of 1987, Dr. Morgan Fu became the first Chief of Division of Cardiology. In October 1987, Professor Jui-Sung Hung performed the first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). In the middle of 1994, Dr. Gary Bih-Fang Kuo joined the Division after he completed his Cardiology and Electrophysiology Fellowship at Virginia University, U.S.A. At the end of 1995, Dr. Samuel Chi-Ling Hang (alias Chi-Ling Hung) also joined the Division after completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine affiliated Hospital and his Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, U.S.A. In 1997, the volume of PTCA had reached over 1,000 cases a year accomplished by the effort of Dr. Chi-Yuan Fang and Chi-Ling Hang. Dr. Chiung-Jen Wu took over as the chief of the Division in 1999 until 2005. Under his administration, the interventional team achieved high national and international reputation. From 2005 to 2011, Dr. Mien Cheng Chan was the Chief of the Division. During his 6 years in office, the Cardiovascular Interventional Team got the Silver award of National award of Biotechnology and Medical care quality in 2006 and the Division achieved a rapid development in both clinical and basic researches.
The current Chief of Division is Chi-Ling Hang, M.D., F.A.C.C. There are 22 full-time cardiologists (one is having his training in the U.S.A.) and 4 fellows. The number of average daily outpatient service is around 980 patients. We have 10 Coronary Care Unit (CCU) beds and 67 Ordinary Cardiology Ward beds. The Division has 5 Color Doppler Echocardiogram machines and provides 3 D and Transesophageal Echocardiographic examinations. In 2013, for Professor Morgan Fu’s remarkable achievement in the investigation of extracorporeal shock wave therapy to the patients who have diffuse coronary artery disease and are not suitable for either surgical or percutaneous revascularization, our Hospital becomes the first to provide this service.
Our electrophysiology team performs remarkably well in diagnostic, ablation therapy, pacemaker implantation and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation. In recent months, we have a dramatic increase in the complex ablation procedures (atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmia) due to the cohesive cooperation with the Top-Notched International Hospitals.
The cardiac catheterization laboratory is committed towards providing high state-of-the-art care in both diagnosing and treating coronary artery, peripheral vessels and structural heart disease and serving as a center for a variety of trials involving myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome. The interventional group has more than 10 full-time clinical faculties. The faculties are known for excellence in patient care, teaching and research. Four biplane cardiac catheterization laboratories equipped with 2 Siemens and 2 Philips machines with flat panel technique are available to cover a diverse plethora of procedures. Approximately over 4000 cases are performed a year with 1,700 of them involving percutaneous coronary intervention and 1,000 peripheral intervention. In 1995, it became the first hospital in Asia to perform transradial cardiac catheterization. Over 99.5% of the diagnostic and coronary/carotid interventional procedures are facilitated via transradial approach. It is a 24-hour, 7 days-a-week operational STEMI receiving center performing emergent intervention since 1996. A total of 3048 primary percutaneous transluminal coronary interventions for STEMI were performed from 1996-2012 (176 cases were performed in 2012).
Our Division relentlessly acquires new instruments, technology and techniques. We are expanding our peripheral vascular disease especially diabetic foot interventional services, and the Division is cooperating with Department of Rehabilitation in the caring of cardiac patients. Our goal is to become the leader in every sub-subspecialty field of Cardiology.
Education and Training

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Taiwan

 

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan was founded on January 1st, 1986. It is a 2767-bed medical center. In July 1986, cardiac catheterization laboratory was established. Interventional procedures were actively performed since October 1988. The cardiac catheterization laboratory is committed towards providing high stat-of-the-art care in both diagnosing and treating coronary artery, peripheral vessels and structural heart disease and serving as a center for a variety of trials involving myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome. The interventional group has more than 10 full-time clinical faculties. The faculties are known for excellence in patient care, teaching and research. The interventional cardiology fellowship program is committed to train excellent local and international interventional cardiologists who are well equipped to meet the expectation of the contemporary cardiovascular specialist.

 

Four biplane cardiac catheterization laboratories equipped with 2 Siemens and 2 Philips machines with flat panel technique are available to cover a diverse plethora of procedures that the fellows are exposed to. Approximately over 4000 cases are performed a year with 1,700 of them involving percutaneous coronary intervention and 1,000 peripheral intervention. In 1995, it became the first hospital in Asia to perform transradial cardiac catheterization. Over 99.5% of the diagnostic and coronary/carotid interventional procedures are facilitated via transradial approach. It is a 24-hour, 7 days-a-week operational STEMI receiving center performing emergent intervention since 1996. A total of 3048 primary percutaneous transluminal coronary interventions for STEMI were performed from 1996-2012 (176 cases were performed in 2012). In addition, cardiology fellows involve other aspects of cardiovascular care, including treatment of structural heart disease. Amongst the types of procedures that are performed included:

 

1.      Fractional flow reserve assessment for coronary physiology analysis

2.      Intravascular ultrasound and virtual histology assessment for coronary plaque morphology and stent analysis

3.      Percutaneous transluminal mitral, pulmonary and aortic valvuloplasty

4.      Patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect device closure

5.      Patent ductus arteriosus closure

6.      Balloon angioplasty of coarctation of the aorta

7.      Hypertrophic cardiomyoapthy septal alcohol ablation

8.      Inferior vena cava filter placement

9.      Endomyocardial biopsy

10.  Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation placement

11.  Rotational atherectomy

12.  Optical coherence tomography (will be acquired in 2013)

 

 

 

Samuel Chi-Ling Hang, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Chief of Cardiology

Associate Professor

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Medical Center

123 Ta-Pei Road

Niao Sung District

Kaohsiung City

Taiwan, R.O.C.

 

 

 

 

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Kaohsiung Medical Center Division of Cardiology

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