Services

The Prince Charles Hospital provides a major tertiary level cardiothoracic referral service for Queensland. The cardiac unit is one of the largest cardiac units in the world. This service includes paediatric cardiology and paediatric cardiac surgery for neonates, infants, children and adolescents. A foetal diagnostic service is also provided.

The goal of Queensland Centre for Congenital Heart Disease (QCCHD) is to provide access to effective diagnosis and treatment which is supported by an holistic family centred care approach, thereby giving the child the best possible chance of enjoying a full and healthy life.

The QCCHD provides diagnosis and treatment for neonates, infants, children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. The population served by the unit has a catchment area of Queensland, northern New South Wales, parts of the Northern Territory and the Pacific Rim.

The services provided include:

Paediatric Cardiology:

Diagnostic Cardiology procedures
Angiography including coronary angiography, ventricularography, pulmonary angiography and right and left heart studies.
Cardiac Catheterisation – Right and Left Heart Studies
Electrocardiograms
Exercise Stress Testing
Holter monitoring
Medical Resonance Imaging
Trans-thoracic Echocardiography
Trans-oesophageal Echocardiography

Interventional Cardiology

Atrial Septal Defect closures
Coil implantation
Elective Cardioversion
Electrophysiology studies
Embolisation
Implantable Cardiovertor Defibrillators
Patent Ductus Arteriosis Closure
Pacemakers
Radiofrequency Ablation
Valvuloplasty

Paediatric Cardiac Surgery:

Norwood Procedures
Pulmonary Arterioplasty
Pulmonary Valvotomy
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
Repair of Arterioventricular Canal
Repair of Interrupted Aortic Arch
Repair to Truncus Arteriosus
Ross Procedure
Switch – Transposition of the Great Ateries
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
Ventricular (Left) Outflow Tract Obstruction
Ventricular (Right) Outflow Tract Obstruction

Transplantations are not provided by the Queensland Centre for Congenital Heart Disease service.

Paediatric Outreach Clinics:

Paediatric Cardiology Clinics are provided at these public hospitals twice per year: MT Isa, Mackay, Townsville, Rockhampton, Gold Coast and Toowoomba.

Relationships

Close service links have been established in Queensland between the Queensland Centre for Congenital Heart Disease and the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Mater Misericordiae Children's Public Hospital, the Mater Misericordiae Mother's Public Hospital, The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

Links have also been established with the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria.

Last Updated: December 2003
Last Reviewed: December 2003