Royal Brompton Hospital is the UK's largest medical centre for heart and lung disease.
NEEDS SUPPORT?
- Medical tourism
- Clinics
- Great Britain
- Royal Brompton Hospital
Royal Brompton Hospital
Great Britain, London
Clinic Review
Its history dates back to 1841. During these 170 years, the clinic has become world-renowned for its high level of medical care and outstanding achievements in research and development.
Royal Brompton Hospital works closely with the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London.
The medical centre houses 5 operating rooms, 1 hybrid operating room, 4 catheter labs, and 312 patient beds.
Departments of the Royal Brompton Clinic
The Cardiology Department treats congenital heart defects, coronary heart disease, heart failure, heart transplantation.
In the Department of Pulmonary Diseases, doctors treat asthma and allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung inflammation, oncological diseases.
The Pediatric Department accepts children with heart disease of any age.
Modern equipment is available in the clinic, which helps to detect pathology even before the birth of the child.
For young patients with heart defects, the clinic has developed rehabilitation treatment programs, which are carried out before and after surgery.
In addition, the hospital has:
- intensive care and anaesthesia departments,
- a diagnostics department,
- a rehabilitation department.
Achievements of the Royal Brompton Clinic:
- In 1980, Professor Magdi Yacoub performed the first heart transplantation surgery in Great Britain. Since then, more than 2,500 such operations have been performed here. In 1983, the professor successfully performed an even more complex operation – a combined heart and lung transplant.
- The hospital's doctors and researchers have completed clinical trials of the auxiliary left ventricular micro-pump, Circulite Synergy Micro-Pump LVAD.
- In 1980, Royal Brompton Hospital performed coronary angioplasty for the first time in Great Britain, and in 1988, the first coronary stent.
- In 2010, two research centres opened, where scientists study cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and develop cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment methods.
- A specialized centre for the treatment of lung diseases using laser technology. Patients come here to treat asthma, allergies, pneumonia and lung cancer.
- About 1,000 cystic fibrosis patients, including children, are treated at the clinic each year.
- Coronary heart disease is treated in the clinic with the latest method using "self-absorbable" implants.
Royal Brompton Hospital in Numbers:
- 32,000 hospital admissions per year;
- 137,000 outpatients per year;
- 2,200 thoracic surgeries;
- 2,500 heart transplants;
- 3,200 angiograms and catheterizations annually;
- 1,800 thoracic surgeries per year;
- 2,000 coronary angioplasty procedures annually;
- 1,200 coronary bypass operations annually;
- 1,200 open heart surgeries annually;
- 1,200 courses of therapy for respiratory failure per year.
Features of the Clinic
What diseases are treated at Royal Brompton Hospital?
The clinic is equipped with the latest technology and has all the capabilities to diagnose and treat cardiovascular and lung diseases of any complexity, including congenital malformations of the embryos. All the effective therapeutic and surgical treatments currently available in Europe are available here. For example, Royal Brompton Hospital is proud to be Europe's largest centre for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, a hereditary lung disease that causes severe respiratory dysfunction.
| Basic check-up |
| 10 laboratory tests |
| Consultation with a mammologist/proctologist |
| Hormone analysis |
| Echocardiogram, diabetes test |
Doctors of the Royal Brompton Clinic
The clinic has more than 2,200 employees and doctors of all specialities – cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, pulmonologists, oncologists, rehabilitation therapists, physiotherapists, etc. Most are recognized experts in their field and are world-renowned. Royal Brompton's doctors are regular participants in international conferences and seminars; they are actively involved in scientific research and annually publish more than 500 scientific articles in authoritative world medical journals, such as The Lancet and The New England Journal.
Conditions of stay at the Royal Brompton Hospital
The clinic provides all conditions for the comfort and convenience of patients and visitors – spacious rooms with the possibility to accommodate relatives, Internet, television, catering with a choice of suitable menu, etc. ATMs, several cafes and stores, parking lots for vehicles are located on the territory of the medical centre.
The cost of diagnostics and treatment at the Royal Brompton Hospital
The cost of treatment at Royal Brompton Hospital depends on the disease and its complexity, the number and types of techniques used, the length of hospitalization and other nuances. The treatment plan and cost is set when you contact the clinic and present the results of diagnostics. For more information on clinic prices, please contact the specialists at MediGlobus, a global platform.
Cost of services at Royal Brompton Hospital:
| Procedure | Cost |
| Consultation with a specialist | from €500 |
| Virtual coronarography | from €1,900 |
| CT scan | from €1,700 |
Doctors
Dr Sonia Babu-Narayan is a consultant cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital. She also teaches at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and is a Fellow of the British Heart Foundation. She has published numerous articles, co-authored medical textbooks, and developed a series of online lectures on cardiology.Dr Babu-Narayan graduated with high honors from University College London in 1994. She then continued her studies at Oxford. She trained and gained experience in several major clinics in the UK. She has been awarded for her services to clinical medicine and received the Archibald Ferguson Award for her personal qualities in patient care.
Doctor's specialization: pediatric cardiology, adult and pediatric congenital heart disease, structural heart disease, pulmonary hypertension.
Doctor's specialization: pediatric cardiology, adult and pediatric congenital heart disease, structural heart disease, pulmonary hypertension.
Sonia Babu-Narayan
Experience: over 26 years
Cardiology
Dr George Asimakopoulos graduated from the University of Hamburg in Germany in 1992. He worked at Harefield Hospital, University Hospital Bristol, where he performed heart and lung transplants and cardiac surgery. At Bristol University Hospital he was the most sought-after doctor and performed over 230 heart surgeries a year.He has been at Royal Brompton since 2014, where he performs surgeries of varying complexity, treating endocarditis, aortic valve and other cardiac conditions.Dr. Asimakopoulos conducts research in the field of cardiac surgery, is engaged in teaching, and has published more than 50 articles in scientific journals.
Doctor's specialization: complex cardiovascular surgery.
Doctor's specialization: complex cardiovascular surgery.
George Asimakopoulos
Experience: over 28 years
Cardiovascular surgery
Head of the Department of Breast Radiology at Marmara University Hospital.Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University in 1986.Member of medical organizations:
Doctor's specialization: radiology.
- European Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology;
- European Society of Breast Imaging;
- Radiological Society of North America;
- European Society of Radiology;
Doctor's specialization: radiology.
M.Aribal Erkin
Experience: over 39 years
Pulmonology
Location of the Clinic
Sydney St, Chelsea, London SW3 6NP
Royal Brompton Hospital is located in Chelsea, London. It is easy to get to, as there are public transport stops and tube stations nearby. Near the hospital there are cafes, restaurants, stores and shopping centers. Great Britain
