PATIENTS

Patient Checklist

To make your medical checkup effective, quick, and accurate at Patiala Heart Institute, we provide you with the following details:

• Kindly report between 8:00 is and 12:00 pm. Our outpatient department is open from Monday to Saturday. If you want to make an appointment in advance, please call one of the listed numbers. If an emergency, cardiac or non-cardiac, Patiala Heart Institute serves you with its facilities 24×7.
• Please bring a family member or a close relative along.
• Bring all the past medical reports, if any, and do not consume the morning medical doze on the day of your checkup.
• Carry all medical records if the patient has undergone any minor/ major surgical procedures such as angiography, angioplasty, CABG, PPI, hysterectomy, etc.
• In case of a complete cardiac checkup, which includes- Blood Tests, ECG, Chest X-Ray, Echocardiography, and cardiologist consultation, you must come empty stomach (you should not eat anything for at least 12 hours). Do not have milk, coffee, juice, or tea. However, you may have water.
• For patients concerned about their cholesterol level, you must fast for 12 hours before the checkup. Please avoid alcohol consumption or any food item with excess fat for three days before the checkup.
• You are not required to fast if you come for procedures such as angiography, angioplasty, Echocardiography, ECG, and TMT.
• Beta-blockers are to be stopped 48 hours before the Treadmill Test

In addition to the above-listed instructions, we request that you be honest with yourself and the doctor, as this way, we can help you get a better line of treatment.