All three MonashHeart sites have public car parking facilities. Fees apply.
All three sites also have a patient drop-off area immediately outside the front door of the hospital.

While we try to book you in to the site most convenient for you, for a number of reasons, it may not be possible for you to have your test at the MonashHeart site of your choice.

Fax, scan and email, post or drop off your doctor’s referral at a MonashHeart site. Bookings for exercise stress tests can only be made once we have received a copy of your doctor’s referral to ensure you are booked in for the correct test.

For all tests and procedures, please bring your Medicare card or healthcare card, private health insurance card and a list of current medications.

There is no need to bring anything special for simple tests such as:

• Holter monitor 
• Loop monitor
  
• Pacemaker and ICD device monitoring clinic
  
• 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
  
• Blood pressure monitor

For an exercise stress test or exercise stress echocardiogram please wear comfortable clothing and runners as these tests involve running on a treadmill.

For a day case cardiac catheterisation laboratory procedure, such as a pacemaker implant or coronary angiogram, there is no need to bring toiletries or night attire.

If your cardiac catheterisation laboratory procedure involves an overnight stay (eg coronary angioplasty) please bring toiletries, night attire, dressing gown and slippers.

• MonashHeart Clayton is located at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton on level two. Enter via the main door of the hospital, turn left at Zouki Café. MonashHeart is located down the corridor on the right.

• MonashHeart Dandenong is located at Dandenong Hospital on the third floor. Enter via the main door of the older Dandenong Hospital main building, take the lift on the left to the third floor. MonashHeart is on the right.
• MonashHeart Casey is located at Casey Hospital on the ground floor opposite the Emergency Department. From the car park, enter via the door adjacent to the Emergency Department. MonashHeart is located immediately to the left of the corridor.

For outpatient tests, please call 1300 MHEART (1300 643 278) and select the site where your test is to be performed.

For questions regarding cardiac catheterisation laboratory procedures please call 03 9594 2684.

If you have a question that you would like to see in our FAQ section, please let us know.

The following diagnostic cardiac tests are bulk billed through Medicare  (there is no cost  to the patient).

• 12-lead ECG
• loop event monitoring
• Holter monitoring
• exercise stress test
• chest CT for cardiac procedures
• coronary angiogram
• transthoracic echocardiography
• transoesophageal echocardiography
• exercise stress echocardiography
• dobutamine echocardiography

An out-of-pocket fee is incurred for:

• 24-hour blood pressure monitoring ($60) (no Medicare item number)
• pacemaker and implantable cardiac device clinic
• home monitoring of devices (annual fee) (no Medicare item number)
• cardiac CT ($500) (no Medicare item number)
• private consultation (with cardiologist or cardiac surgeon)