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Working for Cardiac Physiology

The Cardiac Physiology Clinical Unit has a long history of staff training and supports foundation degree, undergraduate BSc (hons) and postgraduate education and training programmes.

Services we provide include:

echocardiography
cardiac electrophysiology studies
resting electrocardiography
ambulatory electrocardiography and blood pressure recording
exercise stress testing and rapid access chest pain clinics
support to diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterisation
optimisation of intra-aortic balloon pump circulatory support
implantation of cardiac pacemakers and patients' subsequent follow-up
implantation of cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and patients' subsequent follow-up
implantation and subsequent follow-up of specialist heart rhythm monitoring devices.

Nuclear cardiology imaging

Staff working in the Oxford Heart Centre Cardiac Physiology Clinical Unit are involved with an extensive range of both invasive and non-invasive investigative and interventional procedures used in the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease.

Provision of cardiac physiology procedures is a key element in the delivery of care pathways across the primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare sectors.

These include:

supporting provision of access from primary care
cardiac investigations prior to routine and complex surgery
imaging to determine cause of symptomatic conditions or efficacy of ongoing treatment programmes
responding to out-of-hours cardiac emergencies.

These activities support successful delivery of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and the overall quality of cardiac care delivered to our patients.