Heart procedures

Currently, the Golden Jubilee National Hospital performs a number of heart procedures and investigations.

Our Cardiology and Perfusion Departments support our heart programme to deliver the best patient care possible.
In 2007, the West of Scotland Regional Regional Heart and Lung Centre will open at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)

Commonly known as “cabbage” surgery, this uses a blood vessel (called a graft) taken from the chest, leg or arm to bypass a narrowed or blocked coronary artery. This can improve blood flow to the heart and reduce the chance of a heart attack.

Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR)

The main purpose of a valve replacement is to relieve the symptoms of a narrowed or leaky heart valve. The heart can usually manage despite a leaky or narrowed valve, but it has to work much harder and can result in heart failure.

Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (cath lab)

Our Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (cath lab) provides an efficient and high quality service with a state-of-the-art flat plane imaging system designed specifically for cardiac procedures.

Our highly skilled multidisciplinary team – including Consultant Cardiologists, specialist nurses, Radiographers and Cardiac Physiologists – carry out a number of procedures.

These keyhole-type diagnostic and interventional procedures include:

coronary intervention
right and left heart catheterisation
Angiography and/or Angioplasty, possibly with a stent (implant of a small metal coil)
implanting temporary or permanent pacemakers to regulate heart rhythms
device closure of adult congenital heart defects – e.g. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Formaen Ovulae (PFO).

Although there is currently only one functioning cath lab, this will increase to four when the West of Scotland Regional Heart and Lung Centre is fully operational.

Cardiac Day Unit

Our Cardiac Day Unit is an eight-bed day care unit adjacent to the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (cath lab).

Patients are admitted here before having their procedures carried out in the cath lab.
This area provides:

nurse led assessments for surgery
care before and after surgery
discharge planning, including patient education.

Our departments

Cardiology

Our Cardiology Department provides a highly skilled, efficient and quality diagnostic and interventional cardiac service to patients from across Scotland.

This department allows us to assess and diagnose heart disorders in cardiac and non-cardiac patients.

Led by Cardiac Physiologists with clinical input, we quickly produce reports on all cardiac investigations to support best clinical practice and patient care.

Our staff are constantly updated on new and/or advanced procedures to ensure we are constantly providing the best possible service for our patients.

Perfusion

Our Perfusion Department provides a full range of life support techniques to patients requiring cardiac surgery. These include:

cardiopulmonary bypass techniques
ultrafiltration
myocardial preservation systems
physiological measurement analysis
blood biochemistry analysis
Intra Aortic Balloon Pump Therapy.

The team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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