Doctors
Private practice doctors in Helsinki
Through Heart Hospital’s private clinic, patients can have smooth and quick access doctors specialising in cardiology.
The specialists of Heart Hospital each have their own special areas of expertise, but they investigate and treat all heart conditions and diseases. You can read upon the doctors running a private practice at Helsinki Heart Hospital’s private clinic on these pages.
Of the total of 400 specialists working at Heart Hospital, 75 are cardiologists. In cooperation with the Tampere and Helsinki branches, all the necessary coronary care services from diagnosis to rehabilitation are covered.
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Aalto-Setälä Katriina
Professor, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Cardiologist
Aalto-Setälä Katriina
Professor, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Cardiologist
Current position:
Tampere University, Professor, Heart Hospital, Cardiologist
Key areas of expertise:
Genetic heart diseases, treatment of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, treatment of coronary heart disease patients
The main focus of private practice:
Chest pain and dyspnoea, heart murmur investigations. diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with coronary heart disease and cardiac insufficiency. Diagnosis and treatment of hereditary heart diseases.
Other information:
Private practice, echocardiogram
Eskola Markku
Docent of Cardiology, Doctor of Medicine, Cardiologist
Eskola Markku
Docent of Cardiology, Doctor of Medicine, Cardiologist
Current position:
Tays Heart Hospital, Senior Physician
Special skills and knowledge:
Coronary heart disease, valvular disease, monitoring and treatment of adults with congenital heart failure. Functional cardiology, such as echocardiogram and angioplasty, and catheter therapies for valvular diseases.
The main focus of private practice:
Chest pain and dyspnoea patients, heart murmur investigations. Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure.
Other information:
Private practice and echocardiograms; coronary angiography and angioplasty by agreement.
Ilveskoski Erkki
Docent of Cardiology, Doctor of Medicine, Cardiologist
Ilveskoski Erkki
Docent of Cardiology, Doctor of Medicine, Cardiologist
Current position:
Tays Heart Hospital, Deputy Chief Physician
Treatment of coronary heart disease, angiography and angioplasty, as well as hereditary heart diseases and medical treatment of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.
The main focus of private practice:
Investigating chest pain and dyspnoea, treatment of coronary heart disease, follow-up of heart attack patients and medical treatment of risk factors.
Other information:
In Tampere private practice and echocardiograms and in Helsinki angiography and angioplasty, as well as private practice and echocardiograms.
Paavonen Karri
Cardiologist, Doctor of Medicine
Paavonen Karri
Cardiologist, Doctor of Medicine
Current position:
Senior Physician, Haartman Hospital and A&E, City of Helsinki
The main focus of private practice:
Coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, cardiac disorders, chest pain, hypertension, cholesterol. Echocardiogram (Cardiac Ultrasound), Electrocardiogram (EKG).
Other information:
Language skills: Finnish (mother tongue), Swedish, English, French
Swan Heikki
Adjunct Professor, Cardiologist
Swan Heikki
Adjunct Professor, Cardiologist
Special skills and knowledge:
Cardiovascular diseases, arrhythmia, arterial hypertension, echocardiogram, clinical tolerance tests, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (medical and non-medical), hereditary arrhythmia syndromes and heart muscle diseases as well as genetic (DNA) testing.
The main focus of private practice:
Cardiac rhythms
Other information:
Language skills: Finnish, English, Swedish
Virtanen Vesa
Adjunct Professor of Cardiology, Doctor of Medicine, Cardiologist
Virtanen Vesa
Adjunct Professor of Cardiology, Doctor of Medicine, Cardiologist
Current position:
Helsinki Heart Hospital, Chief Physician
Special skills and knowledge:
Arrhythmias, pacemakers and cardiac failure
The main focus of private practice:
Arrhythmias, cardiac failure, arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease
Other information:
Consultations and echocardiograms every other Monday.