St. Catherine Specialty Hospital

St. Catherine Specialty Hospital (Specijalna bolnica Sveta Katarina) was founded in 2011 and has since grown into the largest private hospital in Croatia, holding Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation and membership of the Leading Hospitals of the World network. From its flagship facility on Branimirova in Zagreb, it operates 20-plus Centres of Excellence spanning orthopaedics, neurology, cardiology, oncology, minimally invasive surgery, regenerative medicine, and radiology. The radiology department is anchored by the Siemens SOMATOM Pro.Pulse with Dual Source technology — the first installation of this scanner in Central Eastern Europe. The device runs two X-ray tubes and two detectors in parallel, delivering sub-millisecond temporal resolution that eliminates cardiac motion artefact and enables high-diagnostic-quality coronary CT angiography even in patients with elevated heart rates. Built-in artificial intelligence (myExam Companion) adapts scanning parameters to individual patient data. A DE virtual Non Contrast function — unique in Croatia — further reduces radiation dose by up to 50% on multi-phase abdominal and pelvic protocols. For medical travellers, St. Catherine combines hospital-grade infrastructure with transparent international patient services: dedicated admissions coordination, English-speaking clinical staff, cross-border healthcare compliance with EU Directive 2011/24/EU, and private insurance billing. Zagreb is a two-hour flight from most of Western and Central Europe, and the hospital is located five minutes from the city centre and main railway station. Cardiac CT — both coronary CT angiography and coronary artery calcium scoring — represents the department's flagship offering for prevention-focused international patients. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association now recommend coronary CT angiography as the primary non-invasive test for stable and acute chest pain without prior coronary artery disease; St. Catherine performs this investigation to those evidence-based standards on the most advanced available scanner in the region.