Structural Heart Clinic

What we do

The Structural Heart Clinics support The Alfred Structural Heart Program. The Structural Heart Clinic service provides comprehensive assessment in the clinics, with an overview of your condition and the full gamut of treatments available.

Support and coordination of assessments is facilitated by our team of dedicated Structural Heart Nurse Coordinators.

Who we care for

The clinic offers a comprehensive assessment and completion of tests for patients with problems with their heart such as:

• When the valve is tight (a stenosis)
• When the valve is leaky (regurgitation)
• When there is a problem between the chambers of their heart such as a patent foramen ovale (a hole in the heart)

How to access this clinic

Referral from your GP

You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service.

Your doctor will need to fax your referral letter to us. We will be in contact with you in clinically recommended times, depending on waiting list length. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time.

What to bring

Every time you come

• Medicare card
• Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
• Private health insurance card (if applicable/if you want to use it)
• Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
• Previous X-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports
• Medicines you need to take while you are here
• List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
• Glasses, hearing aid(s) and/or walking frame if needed

For a clinic appointment

• Your appointment letter
• Any special items listed on your letter
• TAC or WorkCover claim number (if relevant)

Clinic times

Clinic consultants

• Prof Dion Stub: Cardiology
• A/Prof Sonny Palmer: Cardiology
• Dr Samer Noaman: Cardiology