3 Best Heart Centres and Cardiology Departments in Chiang Mai
Compare heart centres in Chiang Mai: a 24-hour cardiac balloon centre, private heart screening packages and university cardiologists at Sriphat Medical Center. Check services, staff, fees and availability with each provider before you book.
Chiangmai Ram publishes a 24-hour line for its cardiac balloon (angioplasty) centre, separate from its emergency department.
Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai publishes heart packages, including a CT calcium score at 4,500 baht and heart failure screening at 6,000 baht.
Sriphat Medical Center offers appointments with Chiang Mai University cardiologists through its private wing.
Our method for this page
We read each provider's own web pages on heart centres and cardiology departments in Chiang Mai and kept only statements we could trace to a source. Nobody paid to be included, and the list is not a quality ranking. Criteria:
Cardiac catheterisation and intervention
Cardiac surgery
24-hour cardiac emergency
Heart check-up packages
Listed in no order of quality
The heart centres and cardiology departments in Chiang Mai
Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai's Heart Center of Excellence brings together cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons and says it has links with international institutions, including Oregon Health & Science University. A Cardiac Rehabilitation Center on the 4th floor supports recovery after heart events and procedures.
The hospital publishes several heart packages: an ECG package at 990 baht, a CT coronary calcium score package with cardiology consultation at 4,500 baht and a heart failure screening package with NT-proBNP and echocardiogram at 6,000 baht. A separate Precision Cardiovascular Prevention clinic offers lipid packages from 2,500 to 8,800 baht.
It may suit residents in the north who want heart screening and specialist follow-up at a private hospital with multilingual coordinators.
Chiangmai Ram runs a Cardiac Balloon Center (catheterisation and angioplasty) with its own 24-hour line, separate from the emergency department, which makes it one of the few heart services in Chiang Mai to publish round-the-clock cover.
Listed equipment and tests include a 512-slice CT scanner for coronary imaging without catheterisation, ECG, Holter monitoring, exercise stress testing and echocardiography, plus mobile ICU and CCU ambulances. The centre says it provides diagnosis, treatment and cardiac rehabilitation.
It may suit people in central Chiang Mai with known coronary disease who want a hospital with 24-hour angioplasty nearby.
Worth confirming: The centre's page is in Thai and lists no packages or prices; call for an estimate and ask whether cardiac surgery is available on site.
For booked private care, Chiang Mai University's Sriphat Medical Center runs a Cardiac Center on the 9th floor of its Excellent building, staffed by cardiologists from the Faculty of Medicine. Twelve cardiologists are listed.
The centre diagnoses and treats high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, valve disease and rhythm problems, and offers non-invasive tests including echocardiography and exercise stress testing. Sriphat's Foreign Center helps with interpreters and insurance guarantees.
It may suit patients in the north who want a university cardiologist through a private, appointment-based route.
Twelve cardiologists listed
Echocardiography and exercise stress test
University hospital specialists
Foreign Center support
Sriphat Medical Center, Excellent building, 9th floor+66 53 934 759
Worth confirming: Hours, catheter procedures and prices are not published on the centre's page; ask Sriphat what is done on site and what is referred to the main hospital.
How to compare heart centres and cardiology departments in Chiang Mai
Heart care in Thailand ranges from a check-up with an exercise test to catheter procedures, rhythm treatments and open-heart surgery. Most of it is delivered by the cardiology departments of large hospitals, and a few hospitals run a dedicated heart hospital or centre with its own catheterisation laboratories and surgical team.
What matters most depends on why you are looking. For a planned check-up, the content and price of the package and who reviews the results count most. For a known heart condition, it is the specialists, the procedures the centre performs and the cover it has at night. This guide is general information, not medical advice.
Emergencies come first
The World Health Organization lists the usual warning signs of a heart attack as pain or discomfort in the centre of the chest, pain in the arms, left shoulder, jaw or back, and breathlessness, nausea, light-headedness or a cold sweat. If you or someone with you has these symptoms in Thailand, call 1669, the free national medical emergency number, rather than booking a clinic.
If you have a heart condition, find out in advance which nearby hospital publishes a 24-hour cardiac catheterisation laboratory and save its emergency line. A heart centre with excellent planned services may not be the nearest place that can open a blocked artery at 3am.
What a heart centre does
Published services usually fall into a few groups. Diagnosis covers the electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, exercise stress test, Holter monitoring and CT coronary angiography. Interventional cardiology covers coronary angiography and angioplasty with stents. Electrophysiology treats rhythm problems with ablation, pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. Cardiothoracic surgery covers bypass and valve operations, and some centres list structural procedures such as transcatheter valve replacement.
Check that the specific procedure you need is listed for the branch you will use, not only for the hospital group.
Catheter procedures: coronary angiography, balloon angioplasty and stents
Rhythm care: ablation, pacemakers and defibrillators
Surgery: coronary bypass and valve repair or replacement
Doctors, accreditation and certifications
Ask for the name of the cardiologist or cardiac surgeon who will treat you and check their licence and recorded specialty on the Medical Council of Thailand's public lookup. Hospital accreditation, either Thailand's HA, whose public search shows certificate dates, or Joint Commission International, shows that the hospital's systems are inspected; some hospitals also publish JCI programme certifications for conditions such as acute coronary syndrome. Confirm the dates are current.
Heart check-up packages
Many hospitals publish heart check-up packages with a fixed price. Compare what each includes rather than the headline price: some add a CT calcium score or CT coronary angiography, others stop at an ECG, echocardiogram and exercise test. Ask whether a cardiologist reviews the results with you, whether contrast or sedation costs extra, and what happens if a test finds something that needs follow-up.
Costs, insurance and second opinions
Catheter procedures and surgery are usually quoted as an estimate, because the final bill depends on what is found, the number of stents or devices used and the length of stay. Ask for a written estimate, which items are billed separately and what deposit is required. If you are insured, ask your insurer to confirm a guarantee of payment before a planned procedure; the UK travel advice notes that hospitals require one before treatment.
For a recommendation of major surgery, a second opinion is reasonable. Ask for copies of your angiogram images, echocardiogram and reports so another cardiologist can review them.
After a procedure
Ask how long you will stay, when it is safe to fly, which medicines you will need and for how long, and who will follow you up. Some centres publish cardiac rehabilitation programmes. If you are returning home, ask for a medical report in English and copies of imaging for your own doctor.
Questions to ask before you book
Which cardiologist or surgeon will carry out my procedure, and how can I check their registration?
Is the catheterisation laboratory available 24 hours for heart attacks?
Is the procedure I need performed at this branch, and how often?
Is cardiac surgery available on site if a catheter procedure has complications?
What exactly does the heart check-up package include, and what costs extra?
Will a cardiologist go through the results with me in person?
Can you give me a written estimate, including devices, stents and the hospital stay?
What deposit is needed, and can you bill my insurer directly?
Will I receive copies of my angiogram images and a report in English?
When will I be fit to fly, and who follows me up after I go home?
Warning signs
Pressure to agree to a procedure on the day of a check-up without time to consider it or seek a second opinion.
No named doctor, or a doctor who cannot be found on the Medical Council's lookup.
A 'package' price for a procedure with no written list of what is excluded.
Accreditation or certification claims with no awarding body or expired dates.
Reluctance to release imaging and reports for another cardiologist to review.
Which Chiang Mai hospital publishes 24-hour heart attack treatment?
Chiangmai Ram lists a 24-hour cardiac balloon centre with its own line, +66 52 004 602. In an emergency, call 1669 first.
Is there cardiac rehabilitation in Chiang Mai?
Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai lists a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center on its 4th floor, and Chiangmai Ram says its heart centre provides rehabilitation as well as diagnosis and treatment.
Can foreigners see a university cardiologist in Chiang Mai?
Yes, through Sriphat Medical Center, the university's private hospital, whose Foreign Center helps with interpreters and insurance guarantees. Its Cardiac Center is on the 9th floor of the Excellent building.
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Naruemon Chaiyasit
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Anucha Prasertkul
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