Cardiology
We assess and treat patients with problems associated with their heart.
What we do
Cardiac conditions treated
- Ischaemic heart disease / coronary heart disease
- Heart failure, including advanced heart failure
- Arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation
- Valvular heart conditions
- Cardiac sarcoid / amyloid
- Infective endocarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Congenital heart conditions
- Cardiac genetic conditions
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS).
Services
- Acute and emergency services
- Inpatient services
- Outpatient clinics and community services
- Coronary angiography, including coronary intervention and CTO
- Invasive coronary physiology
- Right heart catheterisations
- PFO / LAA closure
- Ablation, including AF/ VT ablation
- Pacemaker and defibrillator, Loop record and subcutaneous ICD insertion
- Remote device monitoring
- Echocardiography, including stress tests and transoesophaegeal
- Holters.
Where to find us
Cardiology unit is located in Tower Block, Level 3D.
Cardiology inpatient ward is located in North 1A.
Cardiology Outpatients is located in Outpatients building, Ground Floor, Area 2 & 4.
Who we are
Consultants
- Prof Chris Zeitz - Head of Unit
- Prof John Beltrame
- Dr Alicia Chan
- Dr Michael Stokes
- Dr Tim Baillie
- Dr Daniel Ninio
- Dr Peter Sage
- Dr John Hii
- Dr Devan Mahadavan
- Dr Nicholas Montarello
- Dr Dan Scherer
- Dr Jess Marathe.
This page was last updated 12 June 2025.
Do you have an emergency?
Phone 000 (triple zero) immediately and ask for an ambulance if you, or someone you know, is having a heart attack.
Common symptoms to look out for include:
- severe and crushing chest pain
- difficulty breathing
- heart palpitations
- sweating.
If symptoms get worse or last longer than 10 minutes, get help immediately.
You need a referral from a GP or medical practitioner to access this service.
Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.
If your referral is accepted, you will either:
- receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
- receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.
If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.
Outpatient services
Find out information about specialist outpatient appointments, how to be referred, plus information when attending an outpatient clinic.
Your outpatient appointment
Contact us to:
- change your appointment time
- cancel your appointment
- find out triage status
- general outpatient enquiries.
If you need to cancel or change your appointment time, let us know as soon as possible.
This page was last updated 12 June 2025.
We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.
eReferrals and referrals via emails are preferred.
Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide.
To ensure timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details.
The service triages referrals according to clinical urgency.
Urgent and serious referrals
If you are concerned about the appointment being delayed or if the patient's condition is deteriorating, contact the registrar to discuss.
Registrars are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency Department.
Discharge guidelines
Patients whose medical condition has stabilised or resolved, and where no further appointment has been made, will be formally discharged. If medical assessment is required again, a new referral should be made explaining the reason.
This page was last updated 12 June 2025.
This page was last updated 12 June 2025.
This page was last updated 12 June 2025.