Keep Your Heart Healthy With Our Cardiologists in Sydney

The best way to ensure your heart health is with regular doctor visits. Keep your heart healthy and strong with our cardiologists. Your heart is our passion. Our cardiologists in Sydney have built their extraordinary careers to help patients like you. Keep reading further to find out how they can help you.

What does a Cardiologist do?

Cardiology is a medical specialty that deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart disease. Cardiologists are doctors who perform various tests to diagnose heart disease, and they also manage patients with heart problems.

Cardiologists evaluate patients who have been admitted to the hospital for heart disease or chest pain (angina). They may also perform general checkups on healthy people to look for any signs of heart problems down the road.

Signs of an Unhealthy Heart

The following are some of the major signs of an unhealthy heart:

• Chest pain or discomfort. This is a common symptom of coronary artery disease, which can lead to a heart attack. Chest pain may be felt in the centre or left side of the chest and may spread to the neck, jaw, back or stomach. It usually subsides after resting, but if it persists or occurs during rest, it’s important to seek emergency treatment immediately.
• Dizziness and fainting. If you feel dizzy or lightheaded when sitting up or standing up suddenly, this could be a sign of low blood pressure. Low blood pressure might be caused by dehydration (not enough fluids), low salt intake (sodium) or problems related to certain medications — such as diuretics for high blood pressure (hypertension), which can cause you to urinate more frequently than normal. Sometimes dizziness is caused by standing up too quickly from lying down; this type of dizziness will go away with time if it’s not related to another medical condition.
• Shortness of breath with exertion. Shortness of breath means you’re having trouble getting enough oxygen into your bloodstream when you breathe deeply and fast — like when exercising hard.

Services Offered By Our Heart Specialist Sydney Team

The following services are being offered by our heart specialist Sydney team:

Holter monitor test Sydney

A Holter monitor test Sydney is a continuous recording of your heart’s electrical activity. It’s usually done over a 24-hour period, during which you carry a portable device called a Holter monitor.

The monitor records your heart rhythm and sends the information to a computer. You’ll also have an electrocardiogram (ECG) to measure your heart’s electrical activity and make sure everything is working properly.

A Holter monitor can detect abnormal heart rhythms that come and go during the day. If you have an irregular heartbeat, it may help to find out why it happens and how often it happens.

Cardiac consultation

Cardiac consultation is a service provided by your doctor (cardiologist) when they feel that they need to refer you to a specialist. It can be for many reasons, such as:

– A test result that requires further investigation or treatment.

– A problem that needs an opinion from a specialist with more experience in that area.

– When there are no obvious symptoms, but the doctor feels that it would be beneficial for you to see someone else about your health.

Stress ECG

Stress ECG is a test to measure the heart’s response to physical or mental stress. A stress ECG is performed while you’re exercising on an exercise bike, treadmill or elliptical machine.

Stress Echocardiogram

A stress echocardiogram is a type of test that uses ultrasound to look at your heart. The test is done in a medical facility. It’s often done in combination with a treadmill stress test.

The test helps doctors diagnose heart problems such as:

• Aortic stenosis, is a narrowing or stiffening of the valve that allows blood to flow from the heart out to the body (aortic valve)
• Cardiomyopathy, which means your heart muscle isn’t working properly and might be enlarged
• Heart failure is when your heart doesn’t pump enough blood for your body’s needs.

Coronary Angiography and Stenting

Coronary angiography and stenting is a procedure to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries. Narrowed or blocked arteries are a major cause of chest pain (angina), heart attack and sudden danger. Stents are small mesh tubes that keep the artery open after treatment.

Pacemaker Insertion

Pacemakers are small electronic devices that are implanted in the chest to help control abnormal heart rhythms. Pacemakers are used to treat a wide range of heart conditions, including slow heart rates and episodes of complete heart block (when the upper chambers of the heart stop contracting).

Pacemakers use electrical pulses to stimulate the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles) to contract. The pulses can be adjusted by a doctor depending on your condition.

Defibrillator Insertion

Defibrillation is the most effective way of restarting the heart after it has stopped beating. Defibrillation involves placing paddles on the patient’s chest and delivering a shock to the heart through an electrical current. The shock causes the heart muscle to contract, which restores blood circulation and breathing to normal.

Electrophysiological Studies

Electrophysiological studies are used to determine the effect of a particular drug on the electrical activity of a nerve or muscle. These studies may be done by measuring the electrical activity of nerves or muscles using electrodes or by recording the electrical signals generated by moving muscles.

Electrophysiological studies are used to determine the effect of a particular drug on the electrical activity of a nerve or muscle. These studies may be done by measuring the electrical activity of nerves or muscles using electrodes or by recording the electrical signals generated by moving muscles.