The pregnancy and heart disease high risk service
The aim of the pregnancy and heart disease 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 and Westminster Hospital
Our Services
Pre- conception Counselling Clinic
Day: Monday afternoons
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Location: Royal Brompton Hospital
High Risk Cardiac Obstetric Clinic
Day: Tuesday mornings
Time: 9am to 12:40pm
Location: Chelsea and 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
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.
Referrals
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.
Referrals to the Royal Brompton Hospital
Email referral letters to the clinic administrator at Royal Brompton Hospital
Email: gstt.achd-rbh@nhs.net
Phone: +44 (0)20 7349 7748
Referrals to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
You can choose to have your baby with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital through your local midwife, hospital service and your local GP.
Call the helpline on: +44 (0)20 3315 6000
Find out more about choosing to have your baby at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Contact us
Royal Brompton Hospital
Outpatient East
Fulham Wing
Royal Brompton Hospital
Fulham Road
London SW3 6NP
Phone: +44 (0)20 7349 7748
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Antenatal Outpatient Clinic
First Floor
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
London SW10 9NH