Dr Guy Armstrong

After training in cardiology at Greenlane, Guy undertook additional training to gain particular areas of expertise. This included:

• Interventional Fellowship at Auckland City Hospital, learning angioplasty and stenting of narrowed coronary arteries
• Examination to become a Testamur of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, gaining proficiency in the assessment of slow heart rhythms causing faints and funny turns, and in the procedure of pacemaker insertion.
• Advanced Fellowship in Cardiovascular Imaging at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, learning the technique of echocardiography and applying it to patients with heart valve abnormalities and reduced pump function of the heart.

He has published scientific research in all these areas, but his focus is on taking good care of his patients

• Female Doctor Available
• Parking Available
• Disability Access

Areas of Specialisation

• General Cardiology including chest discomfort, shortness of breath, palpitations and risk factor status
• Angioplasty and Stents
• Pacemakers
• Cardiac ultrasound: Echo and Stress Echo

Qualifications/Memberships
BSc (Auckland), MBChB (Auckland), FRACP, FACC, FESC, FCSANZ

Post-fellowship Training

• Advanced Fellow in Cardiac Imaging, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1996-8
• Examination in Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 2001
• Fellow in Cardiac Intervention, Auckland City Hospital, 2006