For Health Professionals
Overview
The Heart Failure Clinic provides ambulatory care of chronic heart failure patients.
Referrals can be made for patients with symptomatic heart failure with any of the following:
- not currently managed by a cardiologist or physician
- at high risk of hospital admission
- have multiple comorbidities
- would benefit from further heart failure education
- diagnosis is uncertain
Referral process
Please address your referral to Heart Failure Clinic - Clinical Lead
Please fax referrals to 03 5320 4812
Referral requirements
- History of heart failure symptoms (including impact on patient's activities of daily living) and past cardiac history
- Current and past medications
- Transthoracic echocardiogram results
- Relevant pathology results including FBE, iron studies, U&E, TFT, LFT, ECG, CXR
Contact
- Clinical Lead: 03 5320 4322
- Specialist Clinics: GP Hotline 03 5320 6800