Premier Heart Care Ltd

Premier Heart Care Ltd We provide quality heart care, with state-of-the-art, responsive service, whilst emphasizing patient education and preventive care.

23/10/2025

Weโ€™re proud to recognize our Summer intern, Zara Ghuran, for her contribution to Premier Heart Care!

During her internship, Zara skillfully analyzed business operations and data, offering valuable insights that support our continued growth and efficiency.

Thank you, Zara, for your dedication, professionalism and fresh perspective. We wish you continued success in all your future endeavors!

Today we celebrate our very own Dr. Clifford Thomas! ๐ŸŽ‚On behalf of the entire team, we wish you a wonderful birthday fil...
01/10/2025

Today we celebrate our very own Dr. Clifford Thomas! ๐ŸŽ‚
On behalf of the entire team, we wish you a wonderful birthday filled with joy, good health and continued success. Thank you for your leadership and dedication!

29/09/2025

Fourth in our โ€œ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ is Dr. Ekene Kenneth Okonkwo - a Consultant Cardiologist at Premier Heart Care Ltd with a special interest in Cardiac Imaging, Echocardiography, Cardiac CT and Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Okonkwo is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP UK). He has worked in Trinidad and Tobago as a Registrar in Internal Medicine and acted as a Senior Medical Officer at the Eastern Regional Health Authority.

He completed a two-year International Cardiology Fellowship Training through the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, a Postgraduate Diploma in Cardiology with the Middlesex University and an MSc in Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of South Wales.

He subsequently attained sub-specialty training and accreditation in Echocardiography and Cardiac Computed Tomography and worked as a Cardiologist at the University Hospitals Morecambe Bay, UK. He is an accredited medical educator holding the prestigious Member, Academy of Medical Educators (MACadMed) qualification and currently lectures in Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of South Wales

This series highlights the professionals who bring excellence and dedication to our practice.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž!

16/09/2025

Third in our โ€œ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ is Dr. Ailema Lima, Consultant Pulmonologist at Premier Heart Care Ltd., where she performs lung function testing. She is a member of the Caribbean College of Family Physicians, the Thoracic Society of Trinidad and Tobago (TSOTT), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Spanish Society of Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR).

This series highlights the professionals who bring excellence and dedication to our practice.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž!

02/09/2025

Second in our โ€œ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ is Dr. Iovank Gonzalez, the Director of Echocardiography at Premier Heart Care Ltd. His specialty procedures include trans-esophageal echo (TEE), physiological stress echo (PSE), dobutamine stress echo (DSE) and TEE-Cardioversion.

This series highlights the professionals who bring excellence and dedication to our practice.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž!

20/08/2025

Weโ€™re starting off our โ€œ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ with Dr. Clifford Thomas - Consultant Cardiologist at Premier Heart Care. With extensive expertise in heart failure management, preventative cardiology and advancing patient-centered care, Dr. Thomas continues to make significant contributions to the field.

This series highlights the professionals who bring excellence and dedication to our practice.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž!

25/07/2025

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ...the Premier Heart Care Ltd. team is representing at the ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐›๐›๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฒ๐š๐ญ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐š๐.

Dr. Clifford Thomas presented two papers from The Tobago Heart Study and Dr. Rodriguez will be presenting a Case Report this afternoon. Other team members shown are co-authors of the Study and have been key players in supporting our clinical and research work.

From left to right: Curlene Lambie, Liz Valley, Dr. Clifford Thomas. Dr. Martina Rodriguez and Sophia Hensley.

01/07/2025

On June 24th, AVENTA (Novartis) hosted an insightful evening featuring two team members from Premier Heart Care Ltd: Dr. Clifford Thomas, who shared his expertise on the management of heart failure and Dr. Martina Rodriguez, who explored therapies for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease due to high cholesterol.

Their presentations sparked meaningful dialogue on advancing cardiovascular care in the region.

Congratulations to Dr. Shervelle Fouchรฉ, who just began her internship. Years ago, she did a medical school elective und...
17/06/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Shervelle Fouchรฉ, who just began her internship. Years ago, she did a medical school elective under my supervision and afterwards volunteered at our Premier Heart Care Ltd office - observing everything from cardiology consults to ECGs, echos, stress tests and even angiography.

Yesterday, she stopped by just to say โ€œthank youโ€ - and honestly, she made my day!


28/05/2025

During a Trans-esophageal echo (TEE), the sensor (transducer) is placed in the esophagus behind the heart. The sensor sends and receives sound waves that produce high quality images of the heart.
TEE is useful in evaluating:
1. Congenital heart disease.
2. Aortic dissection.
3. Aneurysms of the aorta.
4. Valvular heart disease.
5. Infective endocarditis.
6. Cardiac tumors
7. Stroke due to Thromboembolism

For further information, visit this link:
https://www.premierheartcarett.com/trans-esophageal-echo-tee/

14/05/2025

Over time, a lack of physical activity can take a serious toll - affecting your heart, lungs, metabolism, hormones, and even your joints and muscles.

Dr. Clifford Thomas, Cardiologist at Premier Heart Care Ltd, decided to lead by example and take on the challenge of more demanding physical activity. After confirming his heart was up to the task, he began ramping up the intensity and duration of his exercise routine - focusing on strength, flexibility, and endurance through hiking and events like the recently held Barbados Hill Challenge.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง?

29/04/2025

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™€๐™˜๐™๐™ค: ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š (๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข)

When performed by experienced cardiac labs, the ECG stress test and physiological stress echo (PSE) are useful tests for detecting blocked coronary arteries. Electrical activity (ECG) and myocardial contractility (Echo) are monitored at rest and during exercise.

Echo imaging increases the accuracy of the test and indicates which myocardial segment (and corresponding artery) is involved.

Blocked coronary arteries cause myocardial infarction or angina:

a) Completely blocked arteries cause heart attacks (myocardial infarction) with scarring of the muscle and impaired myocardial contractility at rest.

b) Partially blocked arteries cause exertional chest pain (angina) with impaired myocardial contractility during exercise.

For further information, you can check this link: https://www.premierheartcarett.com/stress-test-stress-echo/

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25 De Verteuil Street, Woodbrook
Port Of Spain

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Monday 08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 16:00
Thursday 08:00 - 16:00
Friday 08:00 - 16:00

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About Us

Welcome to Premier Heart Care Ltd.

Founded in 2013, our cardiology specialty practice provides reliable, caring, state-of-the art health care services at our clinics and affiliated medical facilities.

Our main office is located at 25 DeVerteuil Street, Woodbrook, Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dr Clifford Thomas (Director, Interventional Cardiology), Dr Iovank Gonzalez (Director, Echocardiography) and our Associates provide services for the following programs:


  • Clinical Cardiology