Heart failure and the individual
This site contains information for individuals with heart failure.
It is designed to inform and advise about the care and support that should be available,
and introduce some of the newer treatments that are being developed.
Suggestions for improvements or alterations to this site would be particularly welcome.
Hugh F McIntyre
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If you have heart failure it should be possible for you to have access to all of the treatments discussed in these articles. This particularly applies to full assessment of treatment options and access to nurse support.
Please remember that some of the more recent techniques (defibrillators, biventricular pacemakers) have only been shown to work in specific groups of patients.
Services in some areas are better developed and equipped than others, however if you have read something that you feel might be appropriate for you please ask you local doctor.
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Dr Hugh McIntyre MA MD FRCP is a Consultant Physician and Cardiologist.
Dr McIntyre graduated from Oxford University in 1981 and from Westminster Medical School, London, in 1984. His M.D. in Cardiovascular Physiology was awarded in 1994. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1999.
Dr McIntyre was appointed Consultant Physician to the Conquest Hospital, Hastings in 1995, and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist to the Royal Brompton Hospital London in 1999.
Dr McIntyre is involved in local and national research and is an investigator in international studies.
He has presented and published on hypertension, heart failure and cardiovascular disease and is a reviewer and editorial board member to cardiovascular journals.
Society membership:
British Cardiac Society.
British Society of Heart Failure.
British Medical Association.
Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
The Independent Doctors Federation
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Contact:
NHS:
The Rapid Access Heart Function Clinic
The Conquest Hospital
Hastings
East Sussex
TN32 7RD
Tel: 01424 758182
Fax: 01424 757048
PRIVATE:
The London Heart Function Assessment Clinic
42 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8YF
Tel: 0207 935 4114
BUPA Hospital
Hastings
East Sussex
TN37 7RE
Tel: 01424 758182
Assessments and opinions expressed in this site are those of the author.
For details of The London Heart Function Assessment Clinic and biography please contact:
hughfmcintyre.co.uk
Thank you
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