Program: Cardiac Care Services
Organization: London Health Sciences Centre
University Hospital
Phone Numbers: Cardiac Catheterization and Angioplasty/Stents: 519-685-8500 ext 37888
Arrhythmia Services: 519-685-8500 ext 35303
Cardiac Surgery: 519-685-8500 ext 37889
Crisis: Call 911 in emergencies
Emergency Department: 519-663-3197
Fax: Cardiac Catheterization and Angioplasty/Stents: 519-663-3069
Arrhythmia Services: 519-663-3782
Cardiac Surgery: 519-663-2948

Website: www.lhsc.on.ca/cardiac-care-services/patients-families-visitors
Address:
339 Windermere Rd
London, ON
N6A 5A5
Intersection: Windermere Rd between Richmond St and Western Rd
Location: London (Northwest)
Accessibility:
Wheelchair Accessible
Hours: Switchboard and Emergency Department: Daily 24 hours
Administration: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Service Description: Care of cardiac patients requiring cardiac diagnosis and treatment

Clinics: 
  • Arrhythmia Pre-Admission
  • Cardiac Surgery Pre-Admission
  • Cardiology Outpatient
  • Cardiac Surgery Outpatient
  • Echocardiography Lab - Examination of the heart and related structures using sound waves
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) Lab - Diagnostic testing of the electrical activity within an individual's heart
  • Stress Lab - Assesses heart problems through a stress test
  • Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Clinics

Same-Day Procedures:

  • Cardiac Catheterization Lab - X-ray techniques to study the heart
  • Cardiac (Device) Implant Lab
  • Electrophysiology Lab - Care of cardiac arrhythmia patients
  • Laser Lead Extraction Program
  • Cardioversions
  • Transesophagael Echocardiogram (TEE) Room - Specialized form of echocardiogram, producing images of the heart from inside, rather than outside the body

In-Patient Units:
 
  • Cardiac Nutrition
  • Cardiac Social Work - Clinical social worker available to provide assessments, counselling and discharge planning services
  • Cardiac Surgery Recovery Unit
  • Coronary Care Unit
  • General Inpatient Unit
  • Perfusion


Inherited Heart Rhythm Clinic - Comprehensive assessment and care for patients with inherited heart rhythm disorders * This is accomplished by an individualized, multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach that involve medical leadership and assessment, education

Fees: Most services covered by OHIP
Application: Medical referral required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served: People requiring cardiac diagnosis and treatment
Languages: English
Language Note: Interpretation available upon request for most branches of the London Health Sciences Centre
Area(s) Served: London and Middlesex
See Also: Cardiac Rehabilitation
Heart Disease
Last Updated: 11/30/2023
Service Record URL: http://thehealthline.ca/displayService.aspx?id=15811

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