St Vincents Heart Failure Service
390 Victoria Street Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
02 8382 1385

Service Overview

Flexible patient focused Nurse Practitioner - led multidisciplinary Heart Failure Service. We offer home or clinic support, which includes, patient education and management, physical assessment, medication titration and optimisation. Collaboration with cardiologists, geriatricians, general practice and all other health care providers as required such as renal, endocrine and palliative care physicians.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Nurse practitioner led heart failure service, includes, medication optimisation, management of heart failure chronic disease and exacerbations. Specialist multidisciplinary HF team includes pharmacist and dietitian with good access to Chronic Disease Management Teams, Physio, OT, Social Workers etc

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Eligible Patients

Diagnosis

  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) - Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Adult congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, peripheral vascular disease
  • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Valve surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination
  • no exclusions