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Cardiologist in Latvia

Where to get treatment, how to verify certification, what this doctor does

A cardiologist discusses blood pressure, palpitations, chest pain, breathlessness on exertion and swollen ankles. Bring along your blood pressure readings from the last few days, and the doctor will review them with you.

The consultation happens over video, so it works the same in Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils and Rēzekne – from Riga to the smallest rural parish. It does not matter whether you live in the capital or in a remote rural municipality – distance no longer decides how quickly you can see a doctor.

Doctors available: 1 · From 60 EUR

  • Nikolajs Sorokins, Cardiologist – doctor photo

    Nikolajs Sorokins

    Cardiologist · Internal medicine physician

    Certificate: 97850037856Check the register (opens in a new window)

    Price60 EUR
    SpeaksLatvian, Russian, English
    Next availableThursday 12 November, 18:45

Other cardiologists in Latvia

These doctors have not confirmed their profile yet, so they cannot be booked for now.

  • Santa Ābele
  • Tatjana Andrējeva
  • Ieva Ansaberga
  • Baiba Anšmite
  • Veronika Anufrijeva
  • Arveds Apinis

Known cardiologists in Latvia

  • Aleksandrs Kiseļovs
  • Anita Baika
  • Asnāte Ošāne
  • Barbara Vītola
  • Dace Freidenberga
  • Dace Zalmane
  • Daina Saulīte-Kandevica
  • Daiņus Gilis
  • Danils Panovs
  • Dmitrijs Degtjarjovs
  • Elena Zakharova
  • Elita Vārava

This list is partial. It comes from our current doctor list and does not cover every cardiologist practising in Latvia.

When to call 113 instead of booking

  • Pressing or burning chest pain lasting more than a few minutes, or not easing at rest.
  • Chest pain with cold sweat, nausea, or pain spreading to the arm, jaw, neck or back.
  • Sudden breathlessness at rest or at night that forces you to sit up.
  • Fainting or near-fainting, especially during exertion.
  • Fast or irregular heartbeat together with dizziness, breathlessness or chest pressure.
  • Sudden one-sided weakness, facial droop or slurred speech.
  • Swelling in one leg with calf pain together with breathlessness.
  • Rapidly worsening leg swelling with weight gain over a few days and shortness of breath.

What a cardiologist treats

A cardiologist diagnoses and treats heart and vascular disease in adults. They match symptoms against test results, select drug treatment, and decide whether an invasive procedure or surgery is needed. In Latvia the cardiologist is a secondary-level specialist seen on referral.

  • High blood pressure and its complications
  • Coronary artery disease, angina, and care after a heart attack
  • Heart failure
  • Rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation
  • Valve disease and adult congenital heart disease
  • Raised cholesterol and cardiovascular risk assessment

The family doctor is enough while blood pressure and cholesterol are controlled and there are no symptoms. A cardiologist is needed when chest pain on exertion, breathlessness, fainting or rhythm problems appear, or when treatment stops working.

Subtypes

  • Subtype
    General cardiology
    What they do
    Treatment of heart failure and high blood pressure
    When you'd be referred
    Chronic symptoms, treatment adjustment, follow-up after hospital
  • Subtype
    Invasive cardiology
    What they do
    Diagnosis and treatment of coronary narrowing with balloon and stent
    When you'd be referred
    Suspected coronary disease, positive stress test
  • Subtype
    Emergency cardiology
    What they do
    Treatment of heart attack, pre-infarction states and acute heart failure
    When you'd be referred
    Acute chest pain brought in by ambulance
  • Subtype
    Arrhythmology
    What they do
    Treatment of rhythm disorders, including catheter ablation
    When you'd be referred
    Atrial fibrillation, episodes of palpitations, rhythm-related fainting
  • Subtype
    Echocardiography
    What they do
    Ultrasound examination of the heart, including via the oesophagus
    When you'd be referred
    Heart murmur, valve disease, assessment of heart failure
  • Subtype
    Cardiac surgery
    What they do
    Operations on the heart and great vessels
    When you'd be referred
    Multi-vessel disease, valve replacement

Sub-specialties are certified separately, so check the register for the exact specialty the doctor claims. Cardiac surgery is a separate specialty with its own association, and paediatric cardiology has its own page.

Glossary

ECG
a recording of the heart's electrical activity, the cornerstone test in cardiology.
Echocardiography (echo)
ultrasound of the heart, showing chambers, valves and pumping function.
Transoesophageal echocardiography
imaging of the heart through the oesophagus when the standard view is not enough.
Holter monitoring
a 24-hour ECG or blood pressure recording during ordinary daily activity.
Bicycle ergometry
an exercise stress test on a stationary bike, assessing how the heart responds to exertion.
Coronary angiography
contrast imaging of the coronary arteries, showing the site and degree of narrowing.
Stent
a mesh tube placed in a narrowed vessel to restore blood flow.
Atrial fibrillation
the most common rhythm disorder, raising stroke risk and often requiring blood thinners.

How someone becomes a cardiologist in Latvia

  • Six years of medical study and a doctor's degree, at Rīga Stradiņš University (opens in a new window) or the University of Latvia.
  • Residency in cardiology. RSU states that four years cover the knowledge and practical skills required under Cabinet Regulation No. 268 and European Union recommendations. Programme page: RSU residency programme (opens in a new window).
  • The programme ends with a research paper that is written and defended, plus a theory examination.
  • The certificate is valid for 5 years. Recertification requires 250 continuing education points, at least 60 per cent tied to the base specialty, plus a 48.38 EUR fee paid to the Latvian Medical Association.
  • Entry in the practitioners register must be renewed every 5 years.

How to verify this doctor's certificate

  1. 1Open Health Inspectorate – register of medical practitioners (registri.vi.gov.lv) (opens in a new window).
  2. 2Enter the surname or practitioner identifier in the search box.
  3. 3Confirm the listed specialty reads "Kardiologs". If echocardiography or an invasive procedure is offered, check whether the matching sub-specialty also appears.
  4. 4Check the certificate validity date. A permit or an adaptation period is not a certificate.
  5. 5If anything is unclear, see the register explanation page (opens in a new window).

Where this specialist practises, by city

Rīga

Liepāja

Daugavpils

Choosing between doctors

  • Languages. Consultations run in Latvian, and many cardiologists also work in Russian. Confirm English when booking.
  • Experience. Price lists set out department head, dr. med. or professor consultations separately, at a higher fee.
  • Tests on site. If an echo, Holter monitoring or stress test is likely, a provider that can do them at the same visit saves time.
  • Procedures. Invasive procedures and ablation happen only in hospitals with the relevant laboratory, so a private consultation often ends in a hospital referral.
  • Second opinion. Patients may freely choose the doctor and institution. With a valid referral, a state-funded consultation can be taken at any provider delivering that service from state funds.

What a visit looks like

This description applies to an in-person visit. In a video consultation, the cardiologist assesses your symptoms, test results, ECG and the medicines you take.

  • Before the visit it helps to have an ECG and blood tests done: full blood count, cholesterol and its fractions, fasting glucose, kidney and liver markers, plus a urine test.
  • Bring all previous heart investigations and a full list of medicines with doses.
  • At the visit the cardiologist listens to the heart and lungs, measures blood pressure, checks for ankle swelling, and palpates the abdomen.
  • Where heart disease is suspected, an ECG is done, often echocardiography as well, and a stress test may follow, most often bicycle ergometry.
  • The referral also covers repeat visits within the same illness episode.

Cost

In the public system, with a referral, a specialist visit carries a 4.00 EUR patient co-payment. Non-invasive functional heart tests cost 4.00 EUR, ECG tests 2.00 EUR, and coronary angiography in a day hospital 10.00 EUR. Co-payments in one calendar year are capped at 570.00 EUR. Without a referral the visit is a paid service at the provider's own rates.

  • Service
    Cardiologist, first consultation
    Price
    65.00 EUR (ARS medicīnas klīnika (opens in a new window), price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Cardiologist, repeat consultation
    Price
    55.00 EUR (ARS medicīnas klīnika, price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Cardiologist consultation, 30 min
    Price
    70.00 EUR (ARS medicīnas klīnika, price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Senior cardiologist, first consultation
    Price
    85.00 EUR (Veselības centrs 4 (opens in a new window), price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Extended echocardiography
    Price
    85.00 EUR (Veselības centrs 4, price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Transoesophageal echocardiography
    Price
    150.00 EUR (Veselības centrs 4, price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Remote cardiology consultation for test results or a prescription
    Price
    16.50 EUR (Veselības centrs 4 (opens in a new window), price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Patient co-payment for a specialist visit
    Price
    4.00 EUR (National Health Service of Latvia (opens in a new window), price list checked 8 August 2026)
  • Service
    Patient co-payment for coronary angiography in a day hospital
    Price
    10.00 EUR (NVD, price list checked 8 August 2026)

Professional association and oversight

The specialty body is the Latvian Society of Cardiology (LKB), registration number 40008004320, registered address Pilsoņu iela 13, Rīga, LV-1002, email info@kardiologija.lv, Latvian Society of Cardiology (kardiologija.lv) (opens in a new window). It was founded in 1972, with Prof. Jūlijs Anšelēvics as its first chair. In 1992 LKB was admitted to the European Society of Cardiology. The society runs continuing education and develops guidelines for cardiologists, internists and family doctors. President: Prof. Andrejs Ērglis, with the board elected on 31 October 2025 for a term running from 13 November 2025 to 12 November 2029.

The society also contains an Echocardiography Society, founded in 1997.

The parent body is the Latvian Medical Association (opens in a new window), founded in 1988, whose Certification Council issues certificates. The sector regulator is the Health Inspectorate.

Patient rights and complaints

If you have doubts about the quality of care, raise them first with the institution's management, which must operate a complaints and suggestions system. If that does not resolve it, a written submission goes to the Health Inspectorate no later than two years after the alleged infringement, and is reviewed within 30 days, extendable to four months in complex cases. The procedure is set out on the Health Inspectorate site (opens in a new window).

FAQ

Do I need a referral to see a cardiologist?

Yes, for a state-funded consultation. A cardiologist is not a direct-access specialist. No referral is needed for a private paid visit.

What does a visit cost?

With a referral in the public system, 4.00 EUR. A private consultation in Rīga runs roughly 65.00 to 85.00 EUR, with echocardiography charged separately.

How do I confirm a doctor is certified?

Enter the surname in the practitioners register (opens in a new window) and check the specialty and the certificate validity date.

How does a cardiologist differ from an internist?

An internist treats all adult internal disease. A cardiologist works only on the heart and vessels and performs or orders specific cardiac investigations.

How often is certification renewed?

Every 5 years, on 250 continuing education points.

This page was reviewed by Sergejs Ponomarjovs, from the E-Medicīna team. More about us.

Sources, last review and corrections

Health Inspectorate – register of medical practitioners (registri.vi.gov.lv) (opens in a new window)Latvian Health Inspectorate (vi.gov.lv) (opens in a new window)National Health Service of Latvia (vmnvd.gov.lv) (opens in a new window)Latvian Medical Association (arstubiedriba.lv) (opens in a new window)Microsurgery Centre (kirurgija.lv) (opens in a new window)Latvian Society of Cardiology (kardiologija.lv) (opens in a new window)Rīga Stradiņš University (rsu.lv) (opens in a new window)Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (stradini.lv) (opens in a new window)Health Centre 4 (vc4.lv) (opens in a new window)Health Centre 4 – diagnostic centre (diagnostikascentrs.vc4.lv) (opens in a new window)ARS medical clinic (arsmed.lv) (opens in a new window)Riga 1st Hospital (1slimnica.lv) (opens in a new window)Health Centre Association (VCA) (vca.lv) (opens in a new window)Daugavpils Regional Hospital (slimnica.daugavpils.lv) (opens in a new window)

Last reviewed: 8 August 2026

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