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Bulk-billed Diagnostic Echocardiograms

  • Accurate, reliable cardiac ultrasound

  • Serving the Mid North Coast from Wauchope NSW

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What Is an Echocardiogram?

  • Also known as a cardiac ultrasound

  • Safe, painless procedure with no radiation

  • Helps evaluate or rule out conditions including heart failure, valvular disease, cardiomyopathy, and structural abnormalities

  • A detailed assessment of heart performance and condition including:

    • Ventricular pumping function and blood flow

      (how well the heart squeezes and circulates blood)

    • Heart valve structure and performance

      (checking for narrowing, leaking, or abnormal movement)

    • Signs of infection on heart valves (vegetations)

      (used in assessing suspected endocarditis)

    • Chamber size and wall thickness

      (detecting enlargement or thickening of the heart muscle)

    • The pericardium and surrounding cardiac structures

      (identifying fluid around the heart or structural abnormalities)

    • Estimated pulmonary pressures

      (assessment of pressure in the lungs related to heart function)

    • How well the heart relaxes between beats

      (diastolic function, important in heart failure assessment)

Our Bulk-Billed Services

Due to Medicare funding and service eligibility requirements, Pure Heart Imaging performs echocardiography for patients aged 17 years and over only.

We specialise in Transthoracic Echocardiograms - a non-invasive (exterior) ultrasound of the heart, including:

Initial Diagnostic Echocardiograms

Investigations into suspected or known heart conditions and symptoms including:

• Chest pain/chest tightness/myocarditis/pericarditis

• Murmur

• Hypertension

• Palpitations

• Irregular heart rate (AF/flutter)

• Sinus tachycardia/atrial tachycardia

• Dizziness/presyncope/syncope

• Shortness of breath

• Reduced exercise tolerance

• Swelling (hands, ankles or feet)

• Coughing

• Tiredness/fatigue

• Impaired cognition

• Pulmonary hypertension

• Chronic conditions: diabetes, thyroid, AF etc

• LBBB or RBBB

• Cardiomyopathy

Repeat Echocardiograms: Valvular or Pericardial Disease

Frequent / repeat echocardiograms investigating known valvular dysfunction or pericardial disease including:

• Investigating an isolated pericardial effusion or pericarditis

• Known aortic stenosis (AS) or aortic regurgitation (AR)

• Aortic valve replacement (AVR) or Trans catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

• Known bicuspid aortic valve (BAV)

• Rheumatic fever

• Known mitral stenosis (MS) or mitral regurgitation (MR)

• Known mitral valve prolapse (MVP) or Barlow’s disease

• Mitral valve repair (MV repair) or replacement (MVR)

• Known tricuspid regurgitation (TR)

• Tricuspid valve repair (TV repair) or replacement (TVR)

• Known pulmonary regurgitation (PR) or pulmonary stenosis (PS)

• Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR)

Repeat Echocardiograms: Medication Screening

Frequent / repeat echocardiograms for medication screening and monitoring - common referrals are related to:

• Chemotherapy

• Herceptin

• Anthracycline

• Clozapine

• Phentermine

• Tamponade

Booking an appointment

Booking an appointment

All echocardiograms at Pure Heart Imaging require a referral from your GP or treating specialist.

Our services operate from Hastings Medical Centre (70 High St, Wauchope NSW 2446).

To book an appointment for your echocardiogram, simply call us directly or email through a copy of your referral via the details below and we will be in touch shortly to arrange your appointment.

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Information for Referring Practitioners

Referring Practitioners may prepare referrals using any method they deem appropriate; however, use of the Pure Heart Imaging Referral Forms is strongly encouraged to support accurate information capture and streamlined processing. Please access or download our online referral form and user guide via the following link. Printable referral guides are available upon request.

Online Referral Form Referral Guide

Information for Patients

Important Patient Notice: My Health Record Uploads

Under the Modernising My Health Record (Sharing by Default) Act 2025, diagnostic imaging providers are transitioning to automatic report uploads to My Health Record.

To guarantee the absolute security, privacy, and integrity of your highly sensitive clinical data, our practice management software vendors are currently finalizing and rigorously testing these new encrypted pathways.

While this technical onboarding is being completed under an approved Australian Digital Health Agency extension, your written reports will not be uploaded to My Health Record automatically.

Your care is unaffected. We continue to distribute your results securely to your referring doctors as normal. Please speak to our reception team if you have any questions or require a manual copy of your report.

Testimonial

A/Prof. Ben Costello

Head of Cardiac Imaging at Western Health, Melbourne, VIC

Clinical Research Fellow at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

I worked closely with Haley Nordin at the Alfred Hospital and in community clinics. She is an outstanding echocardiographer with exceptional technical skill and image acquisition—among the very best I have worked with. Haley combines this with a high level of echocardiographic knowledge and a strong ability to interpret studies accurately. She communicates extremely well with patients and conducts herself with professionalism, care, and dedication.

Bookings and Contact

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Address

70 High St, Wauchope NSW 2446

Phone

+61494761640

Email

admin@pureheartimaging.com.au

Operating Hours

Tuesday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Or Upon Appointment

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