Clinic Contact Information
Information for Health Care Providers
Cardiac Specialty clinics: descriptions and referral form
Cardiac Navigation Clinic
Foothills Medical Center
- 1403 29th Street NW
Calgary T2N 2T9
- Tel: 403.944.3278
Fax: 403.944.3200
Description: A virtual clinic which receives urgent referrals from physicians in Calgary Health Region Emergency Departments, Urgent Care Centers, family medicine offices and walk in clinics who believe a patient's medical concerns need to be assessed and reviewed by a cardiologist within 1-2 weeks. These patients will be triaged into appropriate cardiac clinics.
Eligibility: Any Physician within the Calgary Health Region can refer.
Referral Process: Fax completed referral form with all supporting documentation.
Cardiology Fellows' Clinic
Foothills Medical Center
Area 6 Medicine UCMC
- 1403 29th Street NW
Calgary T2N 2T9
- Tel: 403.944.1498
Fax: 403.944.1592
Peter Lougheed Center
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
booked through FMC office
Description: This service provides cardiac assessment and treatment or referral.
Eligibility: Cardiac or suspected cardiac patients who do not have a cardiologist.
Referral Process: Physician to fax referral form, including labs, EKG's, DI results etc. OR send referral to Cardiac Navigation Clinic.
Arrhythmia Clinic
Foothills Medical Center
- 1403 29th Street NW
Calgary T2N 2T9
- Tel: 403.944.4632
Fax: 403.670.0365
Description: Symptomatic Heart Rhythm abnormalities, other than Atrial Fibrillation or rhythms requiring a pacemaker. This service also provides consultation and follow up care for patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD).
Eligibility: Documented heart rhythm abnormalities or syncope except Atrial Fibrillation (refer to Atrial Fibrillation Clinic),or Brady Arrhythmia (refer to Pacemaker Clinic).
Referral Process: Completed referral form with documentation of rhythm abnormality or physicians documentation of syncope.
Pacemaker Clinics
Foothills Medical Center
- 1403 29th Street NW
Calgary T2N 2T9
- Tel: 403.944.1188
Fax: 403.270-0718
Peter Lougheed Centre
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
- Tel: 403.943.4525
Fax: 403.250.9539
Rockyview General Hospital
- 7007 14 Street SW
Calgary T2V 1P9
- Tel: 403.943.3203
Fax: 403.212.1232
Description: This service provides consultation and follow up care for pacemaker patients.
Eligibility: Patients with Brady Arrhythmias or those with existing Pacemakers.
Referral Process: Fax referral to pacemaker clinic with history and supporting documentation.
Atrial Fibrillation Clinics
Foothills Medical Center
- 1403 29th Street NW
Calgary T2N 2T9
- Tel: 403.944.3339
Fax: 403.944.3375
Description: The AF Clinic is focused on the management of patients with atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter. It offers relatively rapid access to cardiac arrhythmia specialists using a Shared Care Model for patient care. The nurses work under direct supervision of the clinic physicians who are responsible for patient care within the AF Clinic. The AF Clinic is not a general cardiology clinic. All patients are offered the opportunity to attend a general information class to learn about AF. The patient will be discharged from the AF clinic when they are stable on medication.
Eligibility: Must have documented Atrial Fibrillation via 12 lead ECG, ECG strip, Holter monitor, or event recorder. Every Patient requires a family physician for ongoing care.
Referral Process: Referral form to be completed with attached documentation of Atrial Fibrillation, previous cardiac related tests and current blood work.
Peter Lougheed Center
Cardiac Atrial Fibrillation Assessment (CAFA)
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
- Tel: 403.943.4511
Fax: 403.250.9539
Description: Cardiologists see new onset Atrial Fibrillation patients.
Eligibility: New onset Atrial Fibrillation patients that have presented to the PLC Emergency, do not have a prior cardiologist and may have been previously treated for Atrial Fibrillation by an internal Medicine specialist but not a Cardiologist.
Referral Process: ER Physician to fax information to CAFA Clinic. Referral form, ECG and D/C summary to accompany referral.
Cardiac Function Clinics
Foothills Medical Center
- 1403 29th Street NW
Calgary T2N 2T9
- Tel: 403.220.8300
Fax: 403.220.7061
Peter Lougheed Centre
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
- Tel: 403.943.5579
Fax: 403.943.2555
Rockyview General Hospital
- 7007 14 Street SW
Calgary T2V 1P9
- Tel: 403.943.8623
Fax: 403.943.3336
Description: Collaborative care provided by cardiologists and nurse clinicians for the management of patients with Heart Failure.
Eligibility: Documented history of heart failure / cardiac dysfunction. Patients with be assigned a cardiologist if they do not have one.
Referral Process: Physician to complete referral form.
Adult Congenital Heart Clinic
Peter Lougheed Center
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
- Tel: 403.943.4504
Fax: 403.291.6814
Description: Care of Patients who were born with cardiac anomalies.
Eligibility: Any patient with a known/suspected cardiac anomaly present from birth or any patient with a syndrome that may require cardiac screening (ie. Turner syndrome, Duschenne Muscular Dystrophy, Williams syndrome).
Referral Process: Physician referral letter with supporting documentation faxed to the Adult Congenital Heart Clinic.
Connective Tissue Clinic
Peter Lougheed Center
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
- Tel: 403.943.4511
Fax: 403.250.5871
Description: Subspecialty of the Adult Congenital Heart Clinic.
Eligibility: Any patient/family member of a patient with a known/suspected connective tissue disorder (ie Marfan syndrome, Ehlers Danlos syndrome).
Referral Process: Physician referral letter with supporting documentation faxed to the Connective Tissue Clinic.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Peter Lougheed Center
- 3500 26th Ave NE
Calgary T1Y 6J4
- Tel: 403.943.4959
Fax: 403.250.9539
Description: Cardiologists specializing in diagnosis and treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Eligibility: Patients with Suspected or known Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Referral Process: May be referred through any physician Physician to fax referral form with supporting documentation such as current echo and or pertinent history.
Cardiac Wellness Institute (Cardiac Rehabilitation)
Talisman Sport and Wellness Centre
- 2225 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary T2G 5B6
- Tel: 403.571.6950
Fax: 403.571.6974
Description: This is a contracted service for Heart Health of the Calgary Health Region. The service provides Cardiac Rehabilitation Services including medical assessments, treadmill tests, risk factor screening, counseling, secondary prevention education and counseling, exercise, prescriptions, and on-site or home exercise programming.
Eligibility: Resident of the Calgary Health Region
Referral Process: Physician referral form required with relevant patient history including hospital discharge summary, operative or procedure reports, diagnostic test results, lab work, and ECG.
