THE UNIT
Cardiology Imaging
As a leading Cardiac Centre within Private Healthcare, The Wellington Hospital is proud to offer a comprehensive range of imaging for the heart and its components.
Rupture of a soft plaque within the coronary arteries is the commonest cause of an acute coronary event (i.e. a heart attack) and we have three state of the art cardiac catheterisation suites for diagnostic and therapeutic invasive cardiac procedures such as cardiac catheterisations and coronary stenting. We also perform cardiac ablations and heart pacemakers to treat rhythm abnormalities. Should non-invasive diagnostic cardiac testing be required, we are comprehensively equipped to provide examinations such as echo-cardiograms, stress testing, Trans Oesophageal Echo’s, and pacemaker checks.
Whilst a traditional coronary angiogram is the gold standard for defining the anatomy of the coronary arteries and treating coronary artery disease, our multi-slice CT scanner offers a new non-invasive way of evaluating the coronary arteries. At the Wellington Hospital our referrers and patients have access to a state of the art GE 64-slice Lightspeed VCT scanner which is currently one of the fastest multi-slice scanners available.
In our MRI department we have two scanners (1.0T and 1.5T) on which we can perform scans to evaluate cardiac anatomy, functionality and measurement of the Left Ventricle, and perfusion of the myocardium.
Our speciality departments are well supported by a fully equipped diagnostic imaging department.
For more information please visit: www.thewellingtonimagingunit.com