The service
The aim of the high-risk service is to provide a gold standard care to enable women with pre-existing cardiac conditions, or a cardiac condition which arise during pregnancy, to achieve a successful pregnancy and birth.
This is a specialist multi-disciplinary clinic led by consultant cardiologists and obstetricians.
The service provides pre-pregnancy advice and pregnancy care for patients with congenital heart disease, acquired heart disease and inherited cardiac conditions.
The service is provided jointly with the high-risk maternity team from Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
Our Services:
Pre- conception Counselling Clinic
Monday afternoon 2-5pm
Royal Brompton Hospital
High Risk Cardiac Obstetric Clinic
Tuesday morning 9am-12.40pm
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
Clinical lead and clinical team
Royal Brompton Hospital
Cardiologists
Professor Michael Gatzoulis
Dr Isma Rafiq
Dr Claudia Montanaro
Anaesthetist
Dr David Alexander
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Beta Senko
Hajar Habibi
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Cardiologist
Dr Sam Kaddoura
Obstetricians
Miss Roshni Patel
Professor Mark Johnson
Anaesthetist
Dr Mark Cox
Locations
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Antenatal Outpatient Clinic
First Floor
Chelsea and Westminster
369 Fulham Rd,
London SW10 9NH
Royal Brompton Hospital
Outpatient East
Fulham Road
Phone: 020 7349 7748
Fax: 020 7351 8513
What happens on the day of the clinic
Each patient is reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of an obstetrician, cardiologist and Clinical Nurse Specialist. In addition once a month the consultant anaesthetist attends clinic to facilitate delivery planning.
On the day of clinic patients may also have other tests including an ECG, echo or a fetal ultrasound.
Who should be referred?
Any woman affected with heart disease or has a strong family history of a cardiac condition referred by a cardiology or a maternity service.
When should someone be referred?
We recommend referring any woman with heart disease considering pregnancy to attend our preconception counselling clinic and when a patient or local midwifery/cardiology team know of pregnancy as early as possible.
Referral process to the Royal Brompton Hospital
Email referral letters to the clinic administrator at Royal Brompton Hospital, Philippa Kape
Email: achd@rbht.nhs.uk
Phone: 02073497748
Referral process to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
You can choose to have your baby with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital through your local midwife/ hospital and your local GP.
Call the helpline on: 020 3315 6000
Use Chelsea and Westminster's self-referral online service:
http://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/services/maternity-obstetrics/antenatal-self-referral-form