Cardiology

What is Cardiology?

Cardiology is a medical specialty that deals with disorders of the heart. The field includes diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias and congenital heart defects.

Our Cardiology department

Our department provides inpatient and outpatient care for cardiac patients. Some investigations are provided on site but we also link to our tertiary centre at Papworth Hospital for more invasive procedures.

Sub-specialist services

Our sub-specialist services include:

Outpatient cardiology clinics

Cardiac rehabilitation service providing both inpatient and outpatient care for patients with coronary heart disease

Cardiorespiratory department providing echocardiography, exercise tolerance testing, ECGs and continuous ECG recording and analysis

Continuous blood pressure monitoringCardio/Respiratory offers a range of non-invasive procedures. These are:

ECG

ECG holter monitoring and analysis for 24,48, 72 hours, 5 days and 7 days.

BP monitoring for 24 hours.

Event recorders and review of the results for patients having monitors for 3 weeks.

Exercise treadmill testing, both Physiologist and Doctor led (including DVLA assessments)

Both Transthoracic and Traansoesophagael Echocardiography

Stress/Contrast Echocardiography

Full lung function tests including - spriometry, gas transfer and lung volumes by plethysmography or helium dilution 6 minute walk tests

GP open access for Heart failure Echocardiography

GP open accsss for Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC)Our specialist team

Meet the team

Our cardiology team specialists include:

Cardiologists

Dr Felix

Dr Nata

Dr Bilku

Dr Mohammad

Dr Duehmke

Dr Petch (locum)

Dr Calvert (visitng Consultant from Papworth)

Dr Begley (visiting Electrophysiologist from Papworth)

Cardiac Rehab Nurses

Kate Sidell (Lead Nurse)

Agnes Gallego

Rachel Bocking

Robyn Taylor

Heart Failure Nurse

Christine Blake

Cardio/respiratory Service Manager

Sarah Frost

Contact details for our Cardiology department

Our cardiology secretaries can be contacted on 01553 613781 or 01553 613610.

Useful website link(s)

The following website(s) may contain information that is of use to you:

British Heart Foundation

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