Heart conditions

Heart conditions service at ESNEFT

In this department we deal with anything to do with your heart, such as chest pain, breathlessness and palpitations.

Some conditions we treat are:

• heart attacks
• angina
• heart failure
• heart valve disease
• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol

Our specialist nurses run clinics for angina, atrial fibrillation and heart failure. They offer rehabilitation advice if you have had a heart attack or cardiac surgery.

We are able to do some procedures in our catheterisation suites such as fitting pacemakers and imaging of the coronary arteries.

We travel to Papworth and the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre to treat local patients if you are being treated there.

We work very closely with the cardio-respiratory (heart and lungs) team.

For information about heart conditions and treatments, see the NHS website (Opens in a new window).

Colchester Hospital cardiology department

We run outpatient clinics at Colchester Hospital, Halstead Hospital and Harwich Hospital.

The Cardiac Catheterisation Suite (Angio ward) is part of the Elmstead Day Unit, at the back of Colchester Hospital.

Cardiac Catheterisation Suite Accessibility information from AccessAble (Opens in a new window)

Ipswich Hospital cardiology service

At Ipswich Hospital we cover most aspects of general cardiology.

The main exception is that we do not provide services for patients with complex congenital heart disease. In this case, we will refer you to the congenital heart disease service at the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital.

Outpatient clinics are in clinic G – entrance 6.
General Cardiology Clinic Accessibility information from AccessAble (Opens in a new window)

We also run cardiology clinics in the community, these are at Framfield House, Woodbridge and the Riverside Clinic, Ipswich.

If you have been to see your GP with angina-type pain, they will refer you to our Rapid Access chest pain clinic. A cardiology nurse will see and assess you in this clinic.

Our cardiac pacing physiologists run a pacemaker clinic. If you have a permanent pacemaker, we will monitor you in this clinic.

The Ipswich Heart Centre is two cardiac catheter theatres and a 12-bed day ward. The majority of elective procedures are day cases – you will go home on the same day as your procedure. If you need to stay in hospital, you will be on Claydon Ward.

Heart conditions service at Clacton Hospital

Cardiology clinics are held in the Jubilee Unit at Clacton Hospital.

Heart tests are performed in the Community Diagnostic Centre at Clacton Hospital. The main entrance is to the left of the main foyer.