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Italy, Milan

San Donato Hospital

4.9
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Doctor 4.9
Facilities 4.9
staff 4.7
Language assistance 4.9
Support 4.8
2 accreditations
hospital certificates of quality
100% Patients
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About the clinic

Policlinico San Donato is a leading Italian clinic for cardiology and cardiac surgery.

Doctors perform over 9,400 open and minimally invasive operations on the heart and blood vessels annually. It is the largest number in the country.

Сardiology, heart surgery, arrhythmology, and rehabilitation are the top specialities in San Donato Hospital.

Highlights

1969 Year of foundation
350 doctors
300000 patients per year
8400 Operations per year
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Special offers

Specialties
Medical need
The special offer has a standard range of medical services offered by a clinic, additional benefits like accommodation, transfer and etc.

Treatments prices in the clinic

Last price update — 29.04.2022. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Weight Loss Surgery
treatment
Gastric bypass $9747.43
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy) $9747.43
Orthopedics
treatment
Hip replacement Price on request
Oncology
treatment
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) $6498.29
Breast cancer surgery $7581.34 - $8122.86
Plastic Surgery
treatment
Breast augmentation Price on request
Liposuction Price on request
Heart Surgery
treatment
Replacement of the aortic valve $39747.87
Coronary stenting $13971.32
Heart Valve Replacement $39747.87
Cardiology
diagnostics
Echocardiography $162.46
Heart MRI $530.69
Holter monitoring $120
Online Consultation with Heart Surgeon $379.07
Online Consultation with Cardiologist $379.07
treatment
Radiofrequency ablation $19603.17
Coronary angiography $5198.63
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
treatment
Coronary angioplasty $13971.32
Phlebology
treatment
Carotid endarterectomy $13971.32
Diagnostics
diagnostics
ECG $43.32
Heart Diagnosis before OP $1083.05 - $1624.57
MRI of one area $281.59 - $498.2
CT of the chest $373.65 - $498.2
Doppler sonography (ultrasonography, duplex angioscanning) vessels $120
Hematology Oncology
diagnostics
CT scan of the body part $373.65 - $747.3
Dental Treatment
diagnostics
Periapical X-ray $119.14
Urology
diagnostics
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) $249.1
PSA test $33.57
Online Consultation with Urologist $379.07
Surgery
diagnostics
Online Consultation with Vascular Surgeon $379.07

Clinic Doctors

Clinical oncologist
Luca Carmignani
Clinical oncologist, Urological surgeon, Urologist, Andrologist
Experience 36 years
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hospital accreditations of quality

Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare Accrediatation certificate for San Donato Hospital
Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare Accrediatation
IT, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare Accrediatation certificate for San Donato Hospital
World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for San Donato Hospital
World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for San Donato Hospital

San Donato Hospital: more details about the clinic

Italy, Milan

Policlinico San Donato was founded in 1969. It is a part of Gruppo Ospedale San Donato, which accepts over 4 million patients every year.

San Donato Hospital establishes international projects for congenital heart defects treatment. Medical team of the hospital has operated more than 3,000 children around the world under these projects.

Advantages of Policlinico San Donato

  • Top Italian doctors. The best Italian cardiologists and cardiac surgeons work at San Donato. Prof. Lorenzo Menicanti — ex-president of the Italian Society of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Prof. Carlo Pappone — the world's leading specialist in arrhythmology with over 130,000 radiofrequency ablation (RFA) performed, are among them.
  • The best treatment results in Europe. The success rate of cardiac surgeries in San Donato Clinic is 97%. It is one of the highest results among European medical centers.
  • 10 modern operating rooms (OR). All OR have the latest medical technologies for open and endovascular (through a catheter) interventions. The Operating Unit is equipped with telepresence robots connecting a patient and a doctor at any time.

San Donato Hospital in figures

Cardiac Surgery Center

San Donato Heart Surgery Unit is No.1 in Italy because of the amount of operations performed. Since its establishment doctors have been conducting more than 50,000 interventions. Every year 17,000 patients undergo treatment here.

The Center of Cardiac Surgery employs 140 physicians: surgeons, cardiologists, arrhythmologists, anesthesiologists and radiologists.

Medical team of the center has performed:

  • 1,800 surgeries for ischemic cardiomyopathy treatment
  • 20,000 coronary artery bypass surgeries
  • 20,000 heart valve operations.

Operation room, Clinica San Donato Milan

Interventional Cardiology Department

San Donato cardiologists specialize in endovascular operations for the treatment of heart and vessel diseases. Surgeons perform them using a thin and long catheter without skin incisions. The recovery period after such a procedure is much easier compared with open surgeries and lasts only 1-2 days.

Coronary angioplasty


Angioplasty is a procedure to treat narrowed or obstructed arteries of the heart. There are 2 types of angioplasty — balloon surgery and stenting.

Cardiologists perform balloon operation with a small balloon placed in the vessel to increase the amount of blood flowing through the artery. After the procedure doctors put out the balloon.

Stenting is performed with a metal or plastic tube called a stent to increase artery permeability. A stent stays in the vessels for at least 10 years.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)


This is a minimally invasive procedure to replace a heart valve. Usually, doctors carry out a sternotomy (chest opening) to implant a new valve, but TAVI can be done with a small puncture or incision.

Cardiologists insert a catheter with an artificial valve in a vessel. Doctors open the implant like an “umbrella” near the flaps of the old valve and fixate it there. It is an image-guided operation allowing doctors precisely to control the valve movement through the vessels.

Arrhythmology Department

According to the San Donato data, the Arrhythmology Department is the best in Europe to treat cardiac arrhythmia.

There are 45 hospital beds and 12 twenty-four-hour ECG monitoring devices with telemedicine in the department. ECG allows to connect patients with their physicians at any time.

3 operating rooms are equipped with modern devices including the latest X-ray systems. They produce less X-ray emission than previous models and are safer for patients.

Doctors specialize in the following procedures:

  • radiofrequency catheter ablation
  • pacemaker insertion
  • defibrillator implantation
  • cardiac resynchronization therapy to manage heart failure.

Telepresence robot, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato

Accommodation in San Donato Policlinico

Inpatients can stay in general or VIP wards. All rooms are equipped with TV, Internet, call buttons.

There is a hotel on the premises of the clinic, the accommodation there is paid additionally.

Additional services
Transfer
Airport to clinic
$100 - $120
Clinic to airport
$100 - $120
Language assistance
Available
free
Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily
Requirements for admission
Payment methods
Cash
Credit cards
What procedures do patients have most often?
The most common procedures in the hospital are:
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Online Consultation with Cardiologist
  • Online Consultation with Heart Surgeon
  • Online Consultation with Vascular Surgeon

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Сергей • Heart Valve Replacement
Russian Federation

Jan 31, 2022
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"It is unfortunate that politics affects not only ordinary citizens, but also their children
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We successfully operated on our daughter Nika Popova at the San Donato clinic (Italy). Thank you so much for the Bookimed service for the excellent organization of the trip. Our manager Aleksey Karaganov was always in touch and helped with all issues (visas, booking, medical and legal issues). The clinic, staff, ward are all at the highest level and the main thing is that real masters of their craft work there. Our attending physicians were delighted with the results of the most complicated heart surgery, the Ross operation. It is unfortunate that politics affects not only ordinary citizens, but also their children. I wish you patience, kindness and health to you and your loved ones, so that as many children from all over the world as possible can receive help. Thank you very much to Alexei and your entire team.
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Salwa • Consultation with a heart surgeon
Canada

Dec 18, 2023
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So, he was very knowledgeable, very genius and expertise
It was full of information consultation and Dr Francesco Maisano was very generous in providing us with multiple solutions for my father's case with mentioning the best solution among them and why it was the best solution. So, he was very knowledgeable, very genius and expertise. I strongly recommend this service. One issue was that the bookimed was helpful, very fast in replying but the files I sent to them to share it with Dr Francesco Maisano, they didn't share it all, but it was fixed shortly. Overall, it was an excellent experience. Special thanks to Dr Francesco Maisano, thank you San Donato hospital and thank you Bookimed team.
Dr Francesco Maisano was expertise, knowledgeable and intelligent.
The files I sent to Bookimed wasn't shared all with Dr Francesco Maisano.
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The team of Bookimed was helpful, active, but when they didn't share all of our files with the hospital, I found it a kind of negligence.

Hannady • Consultation with a procologist
Pakistan

Apr 17, 2023
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The experience was excellent and the staff was very helpful in short time test and diagnosis was done
The experience was excellent and the staff was very helpful in short time test and diagnosis was done. Since we live overseas we are facing difficulty in finding medicines if that could also be arranged and shipped to us it would be great help

Раушан • Herniated disk
Italy

Jan 20, 2023
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I want to express my gratitude to Bookimed for their help in finding the doctor we needed
I want to express my gratitude to Bookimed for their help in finding the doctor we needed. Their work is very well coordinated and organized. The doctor and staff of the San Raffaelle clinic are friendly and attentive. Especially, I would like to thank Julia, who met and accompanied us. Very responsible and nice girl. Thank you to everyone who helped us get checked out by the doctor.
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Кайрат • Ankylosing spondylitis
Kazakhstan

Aug 27, 2022
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"We had a consultation with a doctor
We had a consultation with a doctor. Despite his youth, the specialist was very qualified and friendly. Clinic conditions are excellent
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