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Related services

• Heart tests

  We provide tests to help your doctor find problems related to your heart.

• Heart treatments

  We care for and treat people who have problems with their heart and circulation.

• Heart disease

  We care for and treat people with heart disease.

• Managing heart failure

  We help people manage their heart failure.

Referrals

For patients

You need a referral from your GP, specialist or health care provider to access this service.

If you have been referred to us from another hospital, we will contact you to schedule an appointment.

For health professionals

Doctors can refer their patient to this service in several ways:

• Outpatients - find out how to refer to our Specialist Clinics
• Direct to the Cardiac Surgery Department – Fax to 03 9459 6220
• Inpatients - request to admit your patient to hospital under the care of this service

Requests for an admission indicates a high degree of medical urgency. These requests should be directed to the Cardiac Surgery Registrar on call.

Phone: 0431 658 789 (during business hours)

After hours, call the Austin switchboard on 03 9496 5000

Address referrals to:

What you need 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, walking frame

For your clinic appointment

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

For your day procedure

• Responsible adult carer to stay with you to hear instructions, help you and take you home
• Comfortable day clothes, such as a tracksuit

Our location

You will have your surgery at the Austin Hospital.

Check the information you have received to make sure you know where to got. If you are unsure, call your surgical liaison nurse or contact us on the numbers below.

Austin Hospital

The Surgery & Endoscopy Centre
Level 2, Austin Tower
145 Studley Road Heidelberg

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Contact us

Cardiac Surgery

For clinic appointments

Contact Specialist Clinics

For enquiries about your surgery

Open hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm 

Location

Cardiac Surgery Department
Austin Hospital
Level 5, Harold Stokes Building
145 Studley Road
Heidelberg VIC 3084

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