Cardiology
We assess and treat patients with problems associated with their heart.
Phone Cardiology reception
7117 3014
What we do
The Royal Adelaide Hospital Cardiology unit is one of Australia’s leading cardiology units.
We provide quaternary level, specialised assessment and surgical care of patients with problems of the cardiovascular system.
We have three streams as part of our acute service including:
- acute coronary syndromes
- arrhythmia
- heart failure.
The unit also participates in research and clinical trials, giving patients access to the latest devices and medications and keeping us at the forefront of medical advancements.
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
- Cardio biopsy
- Right heart catheterisations
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- Mitraclip
- 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
Outpatient clinic located on Level 3 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Check appointment information and screens on arrival at the RAH, for the specific location.
Who we are
- A/Prof Ross Robert-Thomson – Head of Unit
- Prof Prash Sanders - Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Dr Dale Ashby
- Dr Tim Baillie
- Dr Julie Bradley
- Dr Ian Button
- Dr Claudia Cosgrove
- Dr Enzo De Angelis
- Dr Patrick Disney
- Dr Mehrdad Emami
- A/Prof Dennis Lau
- Dr Jerrett Lau
- Dr Jessica Marathe
- Dr Joe Montarello
- Dr Nick Montarello
- Dr Jamie Morton
- A/Prof Adam Nelson
- Dr Gao Ong
- Dr Sam Parvar
- Prof Peter Psaltis
- A/Prof Kurt Roberts-Thomson
- Dr Dan Scherer
- Dr Mitra Shirazi
- Dr Michael Stokes
- Dr Ivan Straznicky
- Dr Karen Teo
- A/Prof Johan Verjans
- Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith
- Prof Chris Wong
- A/Prof Matthew Worthley
- Dr Richard Yeend.
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.
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.
We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.
eReferrals 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.