Clinics
Rapid access one stop heart failure clinic
Lead clinician: Dr Gerry Carr-White (consultant cardiologist)
This is a one stop heart failure clinic for newly suspected or decompensating patients with heart failure.
Investigations including echocardiography, ECGs, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, blood tests, xrays and spirometry will be done during the clinic visit. We try to see patients within 2 weeks of referral.
Nurse-led heart failure clinic
Lead clinician: Elaine Coady (cardiac nurse consultant)
Other staff:
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Fiona Hodson - heart failure nurse specialist
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Annie O'Donohue - heart failure nurse specialist
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Ana Felton - heart failure nurse specialist
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Caroline Reid - heart failure nurse specialist
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Claire McLeod - heart failure nurse specialist
This is a nurse-led clinic for patients already diagnosed with heart failure, providing close monitoring and follow-up, medication up-titration, assessment of educational needs and self management strategies.
Elderly care heart failure clinic
Lead clinicians:
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Dr Mark Kinirons - consultant physician
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Caroline Reid - heart failure nurse specialist
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Tootie Bueser - British Heart Foundation cardiac genetic nurse
This is a specialist clinic for elderly patients with heart failure and significant co-morbidities. The clinic has close links with all the elderly care services.
Congenital cardiomyopathy clinic
Lead clinician: Dr Gerry Carr-White - consultant cardiologist
This is clinic runs alongside a cardiac geneticist and specialises in patients with congenital (present at birth) heart muscle problems such as hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy.