Cardiology — Auckland (North and West)

Cardiology

Phone: 09 486 8900

Cardiac rehabilitation

• Phone: 09 486 8920 extension 4316
• Mobile North Shore: 021 719 733
• Mobile North Shore: 021 199 2136
• Mobile Waitakere: 021 196 0745
• Email: CardiacRehabNSH@waitematadhb.govt.nz

North Shore Hospital

124 Shakespeare Road

Takapuna

Auckland 0620

Waitakere Hospital

55 Lincoln Road

Henderson

Auckland

Common conditions, procedures and treatments we provide include:

• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• exercise ECG
• blood tests
• echocardiogram
• coronary angiography (cardiac catheterisation)
• coronary artery disease
• heart failure
• cardiac arrhythmias
• valve disease
• cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• cardiac nuclear testing
• CT coronary angiography (CTCA)
• cardiac rehabilitation.

Heart health (internal link)

Cardiology referrals

Your healthcare provider will refer you to one of our clinics if they are concerned about your heart and want a specialist opinion.

We also provide cardiac rehabilitation to help you with:

• understanding your heart disease
• finding ways to make changes to your lifestyle that will help improve your heart health
• lowering your risk of another heart event
• support for the psychological impact of having had a heart event and living with heart disease
• getting your confidence back to return to your normal life activities.

Cardiac rehabilitation — Heart Foundation (external link)

Cardiac rehabilitation education forum

We hold a 2.5-hour education forum session about 4 to 6 weeks after your discharge from hospital. The aim of the forum is to give you information, support and confidence to help you make healthy lifestyle choices. This can help you reduce your risk of another heart event and improve your quality of life. You will also meet other people who have been through the same event as you which can be helpful.

The forums are held online using Zoom. We encourage you to bring a friend or whānau member who will be supporting you with your recovery and healthy living. They might benefit from the information as well.

Topics covered in the forum

• Understanding coronary artery disease
• Understanding your heart medications
• Education about heart healthy eating
• Information about Stress — how it affects your heart and some ideas to help you manage stress
• Education about the benefits of exercise for heart health

The forum is facilitated by the Cardiac rehabilitation nurse specialists who have advanced nursing knowledge and experience in the topics discussed. The forums are informal and you are welcome to ask questions.

If you have any questions or concerns about your recovery, there will be time at the end of the session if you wish to talk to the Cardiac rehabilitation nurse specialists.

You are invited to the forum automatically

You will be sent an invitation automatically by our booking system if you are eligible to attend — not everyone who has had a heart event will be invited. The forums are mainly aimed at people with coronary artery disease who have had:

• a heart attack
• a heart stent procedure
• heart bypass surgery
• a tear in the heart artery — spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
• broken heart syndrome (Takotsubo).

Come along if you are invited

There is no age limit to attend the forum and we encourage you to attend. We also encourage you to bring a support person.

Some friends and whānau may 'not be into this kind of thing' and it can be difficult to change your lifestyle habits if you do not feel supported. You may find it helpful to explain to them that you are going to the forum to learn how to lower your risk of another heart event, and how to stay healthy for yourself as well as for your whānau.

Your whānau are welcome to call the Cardiac rehabilitation nurse specialists if they have any questions about the forum.

Cardiac rehabilitation referrals

The invitation to attend a class will be automatically generated by the booking and scheduling computer system. If you are eligible to attend, you will receive a letter by email or post with a date for you to attend.

If you are unable to attend the education forum on the date you are invited, the forums are held monthly, and you can attend on any of the other dates using the same link.

Heart education Zoom forum registration and dates

Cardiac rehabilitation forum registration — Zoom (external link)

2025 dates and start times