Intensive Cardiac Care unit
Director: Prof Shlomi Matetzky
Charge nurse: Chen Pasternak
Contact:
Telephones: 03-5302504, 03-5302648
Fax: 03-5302171
Email: icculev@sheba.health.gov.il
Please ensure that you kindly provide the treating staff with all relevant medical information, including previous illness summaries, EKG charts, and results of any tests conducted outside the Sheba Medical Center.
Visiting hours for guests:
Sunday to Thursday, 13:00-14:30, 16:00-18:00
On Friday and Saturday, 12:30-14:00,
16:00-18:00
Visiting hours may vary depending on the situation in the department
Location:
The Heart Center building, Ground floor
The Intensive Cardiac Care unit plays a vital role in providing medical and nursing response to patients with acute and/or complex cardiac conditions. With continuous monitoring and supervision, our dedicated team works diligently to identify, prevent, and treat any potential emergency situations. Our unit's staff includes the unit's director, a senior cardiologist, trainee doctors from other departments, including trainees from abroad, a charge nurse, qualified and skilled nursing staff who have undergone specialized training in intensive care, a dietician, a social worker, psychologists, and research coordinators. The patients are under continuous medical supervision and monitoring around the clock. A doctor is present in the unit 24/7 to address urgent medical issues.
The Intensive Cardiac Care unit is a modern and state-of-the-art facility, with 12 spacious inpatient rooms equipped with cutting-edge equipment. This enables us to provide advanced and efficient care to our patients. Our unit features large plasma screens and a modern monitor system, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and seamless transmission of vital information to our dedicated nursing team. This enables us to respond quickly and efficiently to any problem that may arise. The state-of-the-art technological equipment in the rooms supports vital systems, and helps to meet the medical needs in the acute phase of the disease.
Every hospitalization room is private, complete with a toilet, shower, and an audio system equipped with headphones. You have the option to order a TV.
Which conditions do we treat?
- Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Unstable angina (angina pectoris)
- Severe heart failure
- Complex heart valve problems
- Inflammation of the heart envelope and heart muscle (Myocardial and pericardial inflammation)
- Heart transplant recipients with acute rejection of the transplanted heart
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Blood clot in the lungs (pulmonary embolism)
- Patients after cardiac arrest
Transfer from the unit to further hospitalization
After showing improvement, many patients in the unit are transferred to the cardiology department or other internal medicine departments for further treatment. The decision to move is made by the unit's doctor. Following hospitalization, in most cases, we offer a week of recovery in the unit for early cardiac rehabilitation at the Shilev Rehabilitation Hotel.
