Cardiology services
- Chest pain
- Arrhythmia; the disturbance of a normal heart rhythm
- Heart failure; the heart failing to pump enough blood around the body at the right pressure
Patients can expect receive on-going care and support from clinicians to help manage their heart condition.
A third of cardiology patients arrive through the Trust’s accident and emergency department. Emergency care is given to patients following a heart attack or other heart-related conditions. Following admission inpatients receive comprehensive and specialist care on our hospital wards.
Rehabilitation is a crucial part of living with a heart condition and specialist nurses at the Trust work with patients to get them back on their feet. The cardiac rehabilitation team provide a long-term programme and on-going support to cardiac patients after they have been discharged.
Treatment
The cardiology department offer invasive and non-invasive diagnostic procedures. Other treatments and procedures include:
- Angiolplasty
- Pacemaker fittings
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
- Rehabilitation