Our Cardiac Testing Services

• Echocardiography — structural and functional heart assessment using ultrasound
• Exercise stress echocardiography — cardiac function assessment under exercise stress
• Holter monitoring — 24-hour continuous heart rhythm recording
• 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring — comprehensive blood pressure assessment
• Electrocardiography (ECG) — resting heart rhythm recording

Local Cardiac Testing for the Redlands

Patients across the Redlands and bayside communities have historically needed to travel to Brisbane for cardiac investigations. SmartCare Diagnostics Capalaba provides the same investigations locally — with the same quality, the same specialist cardiologist reporting, and the same bulk billing access.

• All referrals accepted
• Bulk billed for eligible Medicare cardholders
• Appointments typically available within one week
• Reports returned within 24 to 48 hours
• Urgent findings communicated directly to your referring doctor
• Experienced cardiac sonographers
• Convenient for the Redlands, bayside, and eastern corridor communities

When Your GP Refers You for Cardiac Testing

Common reasons your GP may refer you for cardiac testing at Capalaba include:

• Palpitations, racing heart, or irregular heartbeat — Holter monitoring captures what a resting ECG may miss
• Chest discomfort or tightness — echocardiography and stress echo assess heart structure and function
• Breathlessness on exertion — stress echocardiography evaluates how the heart responds to exercise
• Heart murmur detected on examination — echo provides detailed valve assessment
• Blood pressure concerns — 24-hour monitoring provides the full picture
• Monitoring of existing heart conditions — regular echo tracks changes over time
• Pre-surgical cardiac clearance
• Family history of heart disease — cardiac risk assessment

Growing with the Redlands Community

SmartCare Diagnostics Capalaba is growing. Traffic to our Capalaba site has increased more than 16 times over the past 12 months as more GPs across the Redlands recognise the benefit of having local, bulk billed cardiac testing available for their patients.

If you are a GP in the Redlands, Capalaba, or bayside corridor and have not yet referred to SmartCare Diagnostics, we welcome your referrals. Our bookings team can provide referral forms and discuss available services.

Bulk Billing

For eligible Medicare cardholders, cardiac testing at SmartCare Diagnostics Capalaba is bulk billed. A valid referral is required.

 

BOOK OR REFER

To book at Capalaba, contact SmartCare Diagnostics on bookings@smartcd.com.au or visit smartcd.com.au. All referrals accepted. Bulk billed for eligible patients.