Cardiology

Patients with suspected heart problems may be referred to the Cardiology service at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) by their GP due to symptoms of chest pain, blackouts, palpitations, or breathing difficulties. Some patients are seen by the cardiology team after attending the emergency department, while others are brought directly to the heart centre by ambulance after suffering a heart attack or cardiac arrest. Patients may also be transferred to Manchester Royal Infirmary from other hospitals in the region for specialist treatments.

The MFT cardiology service operates across several sites. Treatment delivered at the Manchester Royal Infirmary site includes:

• Coronary intervention (coronary angiography and angioplasty including primary PCI)
• Cardiac rhythm management (simple and complex cardiac device implantation including transvenous, leadless, and conduction system pacemakers, transvenous and subcutaneous implantable defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapy)
• Heart Failure
• Cardiac imaging (echocardiography, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI)
• Inherited cardiac conditions
• Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Pregnancy Cardiology

Other services such as Cardiac Electrophysiology (catheter ablation for arrhythmias), Structural intervention (TAVI, PFO and MTEER), and Cardiac Surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement, cardiac transplantation) are performed at our Wythenshawe site. Many of our Cardiologists work between these centres, for example seeing a patient in the outpatient clinic at one site but performing a procedure for that patient at another site.

Most cardiology services at MRI are located in or next to the Heart Centre on the 1st floor of the hospital, although some outpatient work takes place in the main outpatient department. Next to the Heart Centre we have a 19 bedded Acute Cardiac Centre (ACC), where patients may be treated after having had a heart attack. Alongside the ACC are the Cardiac Catheter laboratories where invasive treatments such as angiograms and pacemaker implants are performed. Patients with heart are also looked after on Ward 3 or Ward 4, typically those who need to stay in hospital for longer than a few days.

We pride ourselves on providing high quality, patient focused, evidence-based care in a warm and friendly environment. We constantly strive to improve the quality of care on the ward and appreciate any feedback or ideas you may have.

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