Cardiology consultants in Reading
Cardiology is the area of medicine that covers the identification and treatment of heart problems. At Spire Dunedin Hospital, we’re delighted to offer a team of highly skilled cardiologists to the Reading area. With many years’ experience between them, they’ve seen and treated all manner of heart complaints before.
Through tests and scans such as contrast echocardiograms and cardiac CT scans, the team will uncover the cause of your symptoms. From there, you’ll be moved towards the most suitable form of treatment, which may include a routine medical procedure. But you can rest assured you’ll always receive superb care at Spire Dunedin Hospital.
Find out more about Spire’s cardiologists in Reading
Treatments offered in Reading
Once the team understand what’s causing your symptoms, one of Spire’s private cardiologists in Berkshire will devise a solution. With all the latest tools and technologies to hand, they may recommend an innovative procedure such as:
- Atrial fibrillation
- Coronary artery disease
- Hypertension
- Interventional cardiology
- Vascular medicine
Conditions treated in Reading
Spire Dunedin’s cardiology team have years of shared experience in this area of medicine, and will have treated all manner of heart complaints before, including:
Symptoms treated in Reading
It can be a serious concern when you start to experience heart-related symptoms. Thankfully, the team here at Spire Dunedin will put you on the path to treatment as fast as they can, relieving or ending unpleasant effects like:
Tests and scans carried out in Reading
If you’d like to investigate a heart concern, Spire’s cardiology team are ready and waiting to help. Just get in touch to tell them what your symptoms are, and they’ll refer you for tests and scans to see what’s going on, and these can include:
- Blood pressure test
- Blood tests for heart disease risk (cardiac testing)
- Cardiac catheterisation
- Cardiac CT scan (heart CT)
- Cardiac electrophysiology
- Cardiac MRI scan (heart MRI)
- Cardiomemo recording
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
- Cholesterol level test
- Contrast echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Stress electrocardiogram
Finding us
Spire Dunedin Hospital is located really close to the centre of Reading, just to the east along Bath Road. If you’re coming in from elsewhere, your best route in is along the M4 which runs south of town, leaving at junction 11 and heading north up the A33. This will be your closest Spire Hospital if you live in spots like Bracknell, Shinfield, Twyford and Woodley.
Spire Dunedin Hospital,
Bath Road
Reading
RG1 6NS
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Dr Charles J McKenna
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- Cardiac risk calculation and reduction
- Familial screening for cardiac disease
- Assessment and management of chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, dizziness and blackouts
- Blood pressure and cholesterol treatment
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Dr Bhavesh Sachdev
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- General cardiology & heart disease prevention (Focus on high blood pressure & cholesterol)
- Coronary artery disease (CT coronary angiogram & stenting)
- Palpitations, atrial fibrillation & stroke prevention assessment
- Heart failure & heart valve disease
- Inherited heart disease & screening
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Dr Jon Swinburn
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- General (internal) medicine
- Heart failure
- Heart muscle disease/cardiomyopathy
- Interventional cardiology
- Preventative cardiology
