Children's cardiology

West London Children's Healthcare

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St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea hospitals both offer an outpatient paediatric cardiology service, through joint clinics with the Royal Brompton paediatric cardiology department.

We provide outpatient screening and review of children or newborns with suspected congenital or acquired heart disease, including investigation of cardiac murmurs, dysrhythmias and chest pain.

Our renal paediatric specialist nurse provides 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The Waller cardiovascular department provides 24-hour electrocardiography and seven-day event monitors (ECG heart monitoring) to all age groups.

Children requiring inpatient treatment are referred to the Royal Brompton Hospital.

Inherited cardiac conditions (ICC)

Our ICC service is based at St Mary’s Hospital and provides care and screening for patients and families with, or at risk of, an inherited heart disease and risk of sudden death.

We have expertise in screening and managing: cardiomyopathy, athlete's heart and other conditions that affect the heart muscle tissue, and conditions affecting the heart's electrical activity, e.g. long QT syndrome.

Family clinic

A monthly family clinic is run by Dr Amanda Varnava at St Mary’s Hospital with Dr Jan Till from the Royal Brompton Hospital.

This clinic provides family screening in inherited cardiac conditions and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) and sees under 16s suspected of having inherited cardiac conditions, syncope (loss of consciousness) with abnormal ECG and a positive family history.

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Clinic locations and contacts

Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital clinic

Address:
David Harvey Children’s Centre
Ground floor
Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS

Contact:
Phone: 020 3313 4720

St Mary’s Hospital clinic

Address:
Paediatric outpatients
Sixth floor
Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) building
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY

Contact:
Phone: 020 3312 6000

Consultants:
Dr Nitha Naqvi, consultant paediatric cardiologist (Royal Brompton Hospital)
Dr Amanda Varnava, consultant cardiologist

Before your appointment

You should attend all appointments with your child if they are under the age of 16.

Please bring your child’s ‘red book’ and a list of current medications.

Also bring:

Your full address and telephone number(s)
Your appointment card and letter
Your GP’s name and address
A list of questions for your consultant

During your appointment

Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present. You can request for them to step outside.

Appointments may take up to two hours. Your child’s height and weight will be measured, and an ECG will be performed before seeing the doctor.

The consultation will include a detailed medical history and likely an echocardiogram. Both tests are painless.

After your appointment

Your results will be provided immediately, and follow-up appointments arranged if needed.

Dr Joseph Wacher, consultant paediatrician with expertise in cardiology

Referrals

St Mary's – general cardiology clinic

Fax: 020 3312 6251

Referrals to:
Dr David Inwald, consultant paediatrician
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY

St Mary's – inherited cardiac conditions clinic

Fax: 020 3312 1657

Referrals to:
Dr Amanda Varnava
Inherited cardiac conditions service
Department of cardiology
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY

Hammersmith/Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital

Fax: 020 3313 8383

Referrals to:
David Harvey Children’s Centre
Ground floor
Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS