Cardiology
Who we are
The PCH Cardiology department is Western Australia’s only specialist care service for infants, children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart conditions.
Conditions we manage
Our experts see babies, children and teenagers with all forms of congenital and acquired heart disorders.
Examples of these conditions include:
- Structural defects of the heart
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- Disorders involving the location or function of blood vessels around the heart
- Diseases of the heart muscle, such as myocarditis and cardiomyopathy
- Infectious diseases causing damage to the heart
Services we provide
PCH Cardiology provides services to both inpatients and outpatients, including:
- Specialist inpatient and outpatient care and consultations
- Cardiac diagnostic services, including non-invasive tests, cardiac catheterisation and advanced interventional (non-surgical) procedures
- Post heart transplant care
- Anticoagulation management for children taking warfarin
- Regional outreach clinics
- Nurse monitoring for high-risk cardiology infants and children
How to refer
All non-urgent referrals for PCH Cardiology outpatient services should be directed to the Central Referral Service.
Eligibility
- New referrals will be assessed against the eligibility guidelines and prioritised according to medical need.
- Referrals from Nurse Practitioners, other non-medical referrers and private hospitals (including those with a private-public partnership) are to be directed to PCH Referral Office.
- All urgent referrals are to be sent to the PCH Referral Office.
- Urgent referrals must always be discussed with the PCH Consultant/Registrar on call before the referral is sent.
- The referral needs to include the name of the Consultant/Registrar the referrer spoke to.
We also accept Emergency referrals from the Emergency Department (ED) for urgent admissions and patients requiring surgery or non-operative treatment within 48 hours.