Prof. Sawate Nontakanun

Prof. Sawate Nontakanun
Experience: 25 years of experience
Hospital: Thainakarin Hospital, Bangkok

About

About Prof. Sawate Nontakanun Prof. Sawate Nontakanun is one of the best Cardiologists and a renowned Internal medicines doctor. He is well-equipped with both non-invasive and invasive procedures such as Electrocardiogram (EKG), Exercise stress test (EST), Echocardiography, Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiogram, Balloon Angioplasty and Coronary Stent, and Percutaneous Trans venous Mitral Commisurotomy. His areas of interests are heart diseases and heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and Chest pain. He is member of various esteemed associations which include Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, the Heart Association of Thailand under the Royal Patronage, and the Medical Council of Thailand and speaks Thai and English fluently. He has pursued a degree in medicine (MD) from Chulalongkorn University, followed by certification by the Thai Board of Cardiology and Federation of International Sport Medicine (FIMS).

List of Treatments

  • Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
  • Coronary Artery Surgery
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
  • Cardiac OPD Procedures
  • ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
  • 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
  • Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
  • Echocardiography with Color Doppler
  • Stress Echocardiographyn
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
  • Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
  • 64 Slice CT Angiography
  • PET Scan
  • Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
  • surgery
  • Valve Repair Replacement
  • Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Ross Procedure
  • Cardiac Tumour Treatment
  • Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
  • Minimal access surgeries for valves
  • ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
  • Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
  • Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
  • TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
  • Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
  • ECMO Support
  • heart disease
  • Device Closure- ASD VSD
  • Balloon Septostomy
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
  • Pulmonary and Mitral
  • Fetal Echocardiogram
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Peripheral Angiogram
  • PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Coronary Angioplasty
  • Aortic Stent Grafting
  • EPS-Electrophysiological
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
  • Biventricular Pacing
  • AICD
  • PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
  • Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Mitral Valve Replacement
  • VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
  • Heart Double Valve Replacement
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
  • CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
  • PDA Device Closure
  • Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
  • Valve Replacement
  • Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
  • Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
  • Heart Implants
  • Heart Surgery
  • Rotational Atherectomy
  • Redo CABG
  • Angioplasty – 1 Stent
  • Angioplasty – 2 Stent
  • Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
  • Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
  • Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
  • Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
  • Aortic Valve Repair
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • VP Shunting – Programmable Device
  • AV Canal repair
  • Bentall procedure
  • PDA Ligation
  • CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
  • CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
  • CRT – P
  • Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
  • ICD Implantation
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Balloon mitral valvotomy
  • Truncus Arterious Repair
  • Cardiac ablation
  • TAVI
  • LVAD

Work Experience

Head of Department, Vajira Hospital, Bangkok

, Adviser of Faculty of Medicine, Srinakarintaraviroj University, Thailand

, Editorial Board, Heart Association of Thailand under the Royal Patronage, Thailand

Special Interest

Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiogram
Balloon Angioplasty and Coronary Stent
Percutaneous Trans venous Mitral Commisurotomy
Pacemaker implantation
Radiofrequency ablation therapy
Closure of congenital heart vulnerabilities