Cardiology
We assess and treat patients with problems associated with their heart.
Cardiology clinics offer private and public (Medicare bulk billed) services for people with adult cardiovascular disease.
What we do
We treat patients with various cardiac conditions including ischaemic heart disease, coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, congenital heart conditions and hypertension.
Services include:
- chest pain clinic
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation clinic
- pacemaker clinic.
Where to find us
Outpatient department, Level 3F.2, Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Clinics operate five days a week for patients with various cardiac conditions.
Who we are
Cardiology is a multidisciplinary team comprising senior cardiologists, cardiac and transplant surgeons, electrophysiologists, structural cardiologists and coronary interventionalists.
Alongside our medical specialists, the service includes experienced cardiac nurses, pharmacists and cardiac technologists.
Consultants
- Dr Peter Steele – Head of Unit
- Dr Rajiv Mahajan
- Dr Dale Ashby
- Dr Joseph Montarello
- Dr Julie Bradley
- Dr Isuru Ranasinghe
- Dr Michael Brown
- Dr Kurt Roberts-Thomson
- Dr Enzo De Angelis
- Dr Mitra Shirazi
- Dr Patrick Disney
- Dr Ivan Straznicky
- Prof Derick Frewin
- Dr Richard Yeend
You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service.
The clinics consult with:
- new outpatients
- continuing outpatients
- former inpatients requiring follow up.
Outpatient clinics operate five days a week for patients with various cardiac conditions including:
- ischaemic heart disease
- coronary heart disease
- arrhythmias
- pacemakers
- rapid access chest pain
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- congenital heart conditions
- hypertension.
Outpatient services
Find out information about specialist outpatient appointments, how to be referred, plus information when attending an outpatient clinic.
We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.
Referring a patient
Referrals via the e-referrals pathway is preferred.
To ensure timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details.
All referrals are triaged by the service according to clinical urgency.
Patients who are unstable and requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency Department.
To refer your patient, follow the CPC triage and referral guidelines.
For urgent referrals, if you are concerned about any delay of the appointment or if there is any deterioration in patient condition, contact the Registrar to discuss.
Registrars are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Discharge guidelines and information
Patients whose medical condition has stabilised or resolved and for whom no further appointment has been made will be formally discharged. If medical assessment is required again, a new referral, explaining the reason should be faxed to us.
As only the GP referral is available to the specialist at the time of triage, simply requesting review without providing information about the problem is insufficient and will lead to significant delays in assessing the referral, which will most likely be returned for more information.
Health Pathways
HealthPathways South Australia is an online information portal designed to be used by general practice to guide best practice assessment, management and referral of common clinical conditions.