THE UNIT

Few can doubt the importance of the heart and the brain to healthy life and vitality. The essential link between these is the vascular system - the arteries that carry blood from the heart to the brain and every other part of the body and then returns it via the capillaries and veins back to the heart.

The Vascular Unit likewise provides the essential link between the Wellington Hospital's specialist cardiac and neurosurgery units. Vascular symptoms can often be an early warning of larger health problems. The Unit's role is therefore both one of essential support to other surgical specialists and of early intervention, for example to clear a blood clot or narrowing of an artery, to help avoid more difficult or life threatening conditions later, such as a major stroke or heart attack.

The Wellington Hospital's Vascular Unit has the back up of the Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, Radiology including CT scanning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and interventional radiology services and works closely with one of the largest cardiac unit's of its kind in Private Sector Healthcare within the United Kingdom.