Heart and lung
Issues with your breathing or your heart can have a huge impact on the way you live your life. We offer a broad range of tests and treatments to help you grapple with any issues you have in this area.
Common issues with the heart can often be overcome with procedures like bypass surgery or the implantation of a pacemaker.
See our Nuffield Health experts' articles regarding the health of your heart and lungs.
Simple test for a healthy heart
Struggling to find the motivation to get or stay fit? Fitness says more about your future health than you may think. All you have to do is listen to your heart.
With a little exercise, this simple heart test could warn you of your chances of developing disease and help you to improve your heart health. Jay Brewer, Professional Head of Clinical Wellbeing, presents this light-hearted video detailing how to the do the test yourself.
Mike’s angiogram: A journey inside the heart
Mike is no stranger to angiograms. He's back for a second one, after the symptoms of his angina mysteriously returned following six months of relief. Dr Suneel Talwar, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital, takes a look inside.
Blood pressure numbers explained
Not sure what to make of your blood pressure? Here’s how the numbers work.
A simple trick to lower your blood pressure
Everyone knows exercise will help lower your blood pressure, but this little trick can help accelerate the drop. Best of all, it takes next to no effort. Head of Preventative Medicine, Dr Ben Kelly explains.
5 exercise tips to help control cholesterol levels
If you’ve been told your cholesterol levels are high, there are exercise habits you can adopt to help combat the problem.
How does my heart rate show if I'm stressed?
Your heart holds the secret to your stress levels. Nuffield Health's Head of Clinical Wellbeing explains why, and how you can use heart rate variability to combat the effects of stress.
Whatever your symptoms you should see your GP for a proper diagnosis. Some common symptoms:
- Syncope
- High blood pressure (Hypertension)
- Dizziness
- Arrhythmia
- Palpitation
- Renovascular Hypertension
Some common conditions and diseases that could match your symptoms:
- Aneurysm
- Angina
- Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Lung cancer
- Asthma
- Cardiomyopathy
- Valve disorders
- Coronary heart disease
- Heart Disease
- Ischaemia
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Sleep apnoea
- Tachycardia
- Tuberculosis (TB)
We offer a range of tests and scans to help understand your needs. Some key tests and scans include:
- AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm)
- Angiography
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Larynx diagnostic endoscopy (or laryngoscopy)
- Echocardiogram
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
- Arterial mapping (or artery assessment)
- Cardiac electrophysiology study and catheter ablation
- CT calcium scoring (or cardiac calcium scoring)
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Event monitor
- X-ray
Getting treated as soon as possible can be easy. Some key treatments and procedures include:
- Aortic aneurysm repair
- Aortic stent grafts
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronisation therapy
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Root Repair
- Assessment of all Aspects of Cardiology
- Aortofemoral bypass
- Arterial Surgery
- Cardiac clinical pharmacology
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardioversion
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Carotid surgery
- Coronary Angioplasty (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or PCI)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
- Interventional cardiology
- Left atrial appendage occlusion
- Mitral valve balloon dilation
- Pacemakers
- Peripheral arterial stenting
- Cardiac catheterisation (coronary angiogram)
- Thoracoscopic sympathectomy