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About us
Consultant Cardiologist, Clevelaqnd Clinic London & Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
(with a specialist interset in valvular and structural heart disease).
Previous appointment as Consultant Cardiologist Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge 2009-2019
Areas of interest
General Cardiology (all aspects);
Valvular Heart Disease;
Structural Heart Disease;
Subspecialisation in cardiac imaging and echocardiography (including all aspects of 2D & 3D techniques in transthoracic, stress & transoesphageal echocardiography);
Interventional imaging including assessment, work up for and follow up of PFO & ASD closure, paravalvular leak closure, left atrial appendage closure, percutaneous mitral commissurotomy, transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve therapies, surgical valve repair and therapies;
Medical secretaries
Anaesthetists worked with
About us
Awards received
Clinical Excellence Award
EACVI certification TTE and TOE
Papworth Life Staff Achievement Awards 2015
- Highly Commended in category ‘Leading with Care - Doctor’
Papworth Life Staff Achievement Awards 2016
- Highly Commended in category ‘Feeling Valued - Individual’
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Basic
- Urdu
- Basic
Publications
Percutaneous management of paravalvular leaks.
Giblett JP et al Nat Rev Cardiol. 2019;
Echocardiography guidance of atrial septal defect closure. Rana BS.J Thorac Dis. 2018 Sep;10(Suppl 24):S2899-S2908; The Normal Mitral Valve Annulus in Humans Defined Using 3-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography. Ring L et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Mar;11(3):510-512; Percutaneous Device Closure of Paravalvular Leak: Combined Experience From the United Kingdom and Ireland.Calvert PA et al Circulation. 2016 Sep 27;134(13):934-44; A minimum dataset for a standard transoesphageal echocardiogram: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography. Echo Res Pract. 2015 Dec 1;2(4):G29-45; Role of percutaneous mitral valve repair in the contemporary management of mitral regurgitation.
Rana BS et al Heart. 2015 Oct;101(19):1531-9; Percutaneous closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defect: in-hospital outcomes and long-term follow-up of UK experience. Calvert PA et al. Circulation. 2014 10;129(23):2395-402; Atrial function as a guide to timing of intervention in mitral valve prolapse with mitral regurgitation. Ring L et al JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Mar;7(3):225-32;
Mechanisms of atrial mitral regurgitation: insights using 3D transoesophageal echo. Ring L et al. S. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 May;15(5):500-8; The prevalence and impact of deep clefts in the mitral leaflets in mitral valve prolapse.Ring L et al. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Jun;14(6):595-602; The pivotal role of echocardiography in cardiac sources of embolism. Rana BS et al. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2011 Oct;12(10):i25-31; Patent foramen ovale: anatomy, outcomes, and closure. Calvert PA et al. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2011 Mar;8(3):148-60; Anatomy of the mitral valve: understanding the mitral valve complex in mitral regurgitation. McCarthy KP et al. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Dec;11(10):i3-9. Review; Three-dimensional imaging of the atrial septum and patent foramen ovale anatomy: defining the morphological phenotypes of patent foramen ovale.
Rana BS et al. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Dec;11(10):i19-25; Echocardiographic evaluation of patent foramen ovale prior to device closure;
Rana BS et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jul;3(7):749-60
Our qualifications & training
Accreditations
- Certification in transoesophageal echocardiography
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging 2018
- Certification in transthoracic echocardiography
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging 2018
GMC registration
Reference number 4022275
Affiliations / memberships
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
British Society of Echocardiography
European Society of Cardiology
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
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Post treatment communication
Following treatment of a Bupa member, we will communicate with GPs
in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies
guidelines.
In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the
following contact details
Valeria Antonucci (Medical Secretary)
Tel no: 0203 423 7462