Our History of helping to save hearts and lives has made us confident enough to claim that we are, by far, the most experienced heart care facility in the Southern Caribbean.

So we suggest that both patients and doctors should take these important facts about CHCm into consideration BEFORE checking into any other cardiac care facilty...

If you are having a heart attack or any other cardiac emergency, Caribbean Heart Care now offers you the best chance to get immediate medical attention.

The fact is no other local cardiac care facility has the breadth of experience and expertise we offer in saving the lives of adults and children with life-threatening heart conditions. Download Article

According to a world- renowned Surgeon Professor Angelini, the heart of the average Trinidadian is in seriously poor shape. He's never seen so many unhealthy conditions.

Senior Latin American Consultant Cardiologist, (and member of the Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp's internationally renowned consulting team), who has trained some of our nations's doctors, operate on, and observed several Trinidadian patients over the last few years, has also noted that in his number of years of medical experience he is disturbed by the poor shape of Trinidadian hearts. Download Article

The first balloon angioplasty done in Trinidad was performed in the early 1990's. Since then hundreds of these procedures were done by Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp Limited, at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex, and at the St. Clair Medical Centre.

We have done a number of primary angioplasties. This quite technical procedure has saved the lives of a number of patients who had life threatening heart attacks. and who were admitted early to our hospital. Download Article

Not all heart attacks are sudden and intense. Most start slowly with only mild pain or discomfort. Learn the signs... and waste no time!. Download Article

What is now Venezuela’s most famous cardiovascular care centre was the vision of one man – Dr. Bartolome Finizola – who in 1976 saw the need for the poorer classes to have access to quality healthcare, especially those suffering from cardiovascular conditions.

It was Dr Finizola’s goal to develop a new administrative model that would provide logistic and economic support to Venezuela’s health sector, mainly in the area of cardiovascular disease control. Download Article

The Caribbean is a multi-ethnic society including Caucasian, Afro-Caribbean, East Indians, Asians, Hispanics, Europeans and natives with a broad range of living standards.

The Central Statistical Office of Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) last census (2000) reported a total population of 1,262,400 inhabitants with an average 0.7% annual growth rate, being 40% East Indian descendants, 37% African, 20% Mixed, 0.6% Caucasian and 0.3% Chinese. The incidence and types of heart disease vary significantly amongst these races.

We report the surgical experience (adult and paediatric) of a low volume multi-ethnic population service based in T&T. Download Article