If you have been diagnosed with a heart condition, it is essential to get a second opinion to ensure all possibilities for treatment are considered. A second opinion can ease your mind, possibly prevent an unnecessary procedure and provide you with an alternative option to consider. The following are all legitimate reasons to seek a second opinion:
- I’ve had heart surgery but have new symptoms I’m worried about
- I’m not sure if my medication regimen is the best for me
- I don’t think I’m being taken seriously with my symptoms
- I want the latest advancements in surgical and medical treatment
We offer our Heart Second Opinion Programme to provide you with immediate access to the expert opinion of our talented cardiac team, who specialise in the full range of subspeciality fields within a single centre to diagnose any heart-related problems and to assist patients who have been told that they need a heart-related surgical procedure.
Some of the diagnoses or procedures that we typically provide second opinions for include:
- Atrial fibrillation
- Pacemaker
- Cardiac defibrillator
- Heart failure
- Cardiac catheterisation
- Catheter ablation
- Mitral or aortic valve repair or replacement
- Bypass surgery
- Heart transplant
- Minimally invasive heart surgery
- Transmyocardial revascularisation
- Maze procedure
- Mechanical/Left Ventricular Assist Device
- Robotic cardiac surgery
- Aneurysm
- Arrhythmia
- Stents
- Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Other cardiovascular disease
