Bucharest hospital Ponderas puts EUR 1.7 mln in hybrid angiography and cardiovascular surgery suite

04 August 2026 Ponderas Academic Hospital, part of the network of private healthcare provider Regina Maria, has opened a hybrid operating suite for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases following a EUR 1.7 million investment. The suite “enables interventional radiology procedures and image-guided, minimally invasive treatments, strengthening the hospital's capacity to manage complex cardiovascular surgery and interventional cardiology cases simultaneously,” it said. "The hybrid suite changes the options available to us when treating complex cardiovascular cases. Its main advantage is that it allows us to do more for patients in a less invasive way. Procedures that previously had to be performed in separate stages, requiring two hospital admissions and two rounds of anesthe