Cardiac services

Cardiologists work to diagnose, assess and treat people with a wide variety of heart conditions such as:

• angina
• arrhythmia
• coronary heart disease (also known as ischaemic heart disease)
• endocarditis
• heart attack
• heart failure
• heart murmurs
• heart valve disease

There are also many other sudden and chronic heart conditions we diagnose and treat at our hospitals.

How we help

Our cardiologists provide a number of different cardiology services to help with the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions.These can be non-invasive and interventional which means no surgery is involved, or invasive which involves surgery but with minimal invasive techniques.

Diagnostic cardiology / Non-invasive cardiology

Investigations include:

• ambulatory ECG monitoring
• blood pressure monitoring
• echocardiography (transthoracic and transoesophageal)
• exercise tolerance testing
• HeartFlow analysis
• tilt table testing
• cardiac imaging
• MRI and CT scans
• myocardial perfusion

Invasive cardiology

Invasive cardiology includes:

• angiography
• aortic valve implant
• catheter ablation
• cardioversion
• complex pacing
• coronary stenting
• electrophysiology
• implantable loop recorder

Watch our patient experience video

Listen to our team and patient Mike Boice talk about his transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Where we are

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Sussex Cardiac Centre

The Sussex Cardiac Centre at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton is based on levels 6 and 7 in the Millennium Wing.

Diagnostic cardiology / Non-invasive cardiology

You can find us in the Louisa Martindale Building, Level 2, Pink Zone C.

Worthing and Southlands hospitals

Cardiology wards at Worthing and Southlands hopsitals include:

• Coronary Care Unit
• Courtlands

St Richard’s Hospital

Cardiology wards at St Richard’s Hospital include:

• Charlton (Acute Cardiac Unit)
• Coronary Care Unit
• Funtington Suite

Consultants

Find out more about our specialist cardiac consultants.

Research

We have a dedicated cardiac research unit which produces reliable high quality research to improve patient care, develop better treatments and increase our understanding of disease.

Helpful resources

Take a look at our cardiology patient information leaflets.